Karwaan : The Heritage Exploration Initiative
🔴 Goan History Through its Architecture | The Karwaan Keynote by Heta Pandit
In this illustrated talk on decoding Goa’s history through its architecture, Heta Pandit takes us to the rare sightings of the 10,000 year old petroglyphs in Goa, to the temple at Tambdi Surla, to caricatures in stone, to why we see lions on gate posts in Goan houses. She describes how Goan houses are evidence of social, cultural and economic history and crucibles of a unique society.
Ms. Pandit will also give us a peek into some modest houses in rather remote parts of agrarian Goa as well as grand mansions that reflect a variety of lifestyles.
Heta Pandit’s first “real job” was with famed ethologist Dr Jane Goodall on a chimpanzee research station in Tanzania, East Africa. On her return to India in 1981, Heta volunteered with Bombay Environmental Action Group and initiated several heritage preservation projects through the Indian Heritage Society, Bombay Chapter. Traumatized by the riots in 1993 in her beloved Bombay, she left the city for Munnar at first and then Goa putting all her energies into the preservation of Goan houses.
She has written 11 books on Goan heritage - Houses of Goa, Hidden Hands- Master builders of Goa, Dust & Other Short Stories from Goa, Walking in Goa, Walking in Old Goa and Walking with Angels, There’s
More to Life Than a House in Goa, Grinding Stories: Songs from Goa, Grinding Stories Retold, and Stories from Goan Houses.
Heta is a Homi Bhabha Fellow and a founder member of the Goa Heritage Action Group. She is currently working on a book titled Objects and Memories from Goa. She lives in Saligão, Goa with her dogs Goru and Potyo.
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About Karwaan: One of India's leading Independent student-led history initiatives. It is a collective of students trying to revolutionize the way we approach history. It was started in 2019 and hosted heritage walks in and around Delhi. Since April 2020, we have been organizing online lectures with authors/scholars/historians on our platform and giving students a chance to interact with scholars, and trying to start a dialogue on our past through our posts on Instagram and YouTube.
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