WARDS TO VADDOS
How Dattaram Satardekar’s ‘Christmas baby’ started a beautiful tradition 15 years ago
ERWIN FONSECA ASSAGAO: For the Satardekar family of Assagao, Christmas holds as much significance as Ganesh Chaturthi and Diwali, embodying…
Namdev Chodankar: The Last Motorcycle Pilot of Siolim Keeps Riding at 70
ANISHA FRANCIS [email protected] SIOLIM: At 70-something, Namdev Chodankar is the last of his kind, still riding between Siolim and Mapusa,…
Benaulim’s gram-roaster Piedade Fernandes is passionate about her fiery craft
MYOLA JOANES [email protected] BENAULIM: Piedade Fernandes, 49, sits by a hand-molded mud oven in Benaulim, expertly roasting chickpeas over red-hot…
Plant-lover Kashyap Gupta leads a hydroponics revolution at his Saligao greenhouse
‘The First House’ has become more than a vegetable supplier; it is now a centre of learning. Students from local…
Aldona’s Digambar Satardekar carries forward a century of cobbling tradition
JENIFER FERNANDES [email protected] ALDONA: In the bustling Aldona market, under the shade of a modest tarpaulin canopy, 77-year-old Digambar Satardekar…
Retired but never idle: Joao Godinho’s bakery defies time in Majorda
The septuagenarian is one of the very few bakers who still uses toddy to ferment his dough, resulting in pao…
