GoanTimes February 1, 2019 Issue

10 Leisure
Friday, February 01, 2019 | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 Pages
73-year-old Frenchman
wins solo round-the-world
sailing race
LES SABLES D’OLONNE, France (AP)
— A 73-year-old French sailor has won
an unusual, around-the-world yacht
race after 212 days alone at sea without
modern instruments — his first sailing
victory.
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede arrived
Tuesday in the harbor of Les Sables
d’Olonne in western France in his
Rustler 36, the first to finish the 30,000-
mile Golden Globe race. Of the 19
sailors who started out last July, only
five were still in the race Tuesday.
Among those greeting Van Den
Heede was British sailor Robin Knox-
Johnston, who won the only other
Golden Globe race — 50 years ago.
The race involves solo sailors
navigating with a sextant and paper
maps, and communicating only
occasionally with the outside world via
short-wave radio.
When PM
Narendra Modi
said ‘PUBG wala
hai kya?’
UBG, the popular multiplayer online
game that has millions of users
around the world and several of them
in India got a special mention by the
country’s Prime Minister, Narendra
Modi recently. The game, which has
started appearing alongside words like
‘addiction’ in headlines these days, was
mentioned during the second annual
‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ event that was
meant to address topics on education.
The video shared by news agency ANI
showed one of the parents complaining
how her kids are into online games,
something that is driving them away
from studies and if the PM can give
some suggestions to them.
After a considerable pause, PM
Narendra Modi started his sentence
by ‘Ye PUBG wala hai kya?’ (Is this the
PUBG issue?) making everyone break
into laughter and aware on how updated
he is with the trends. He also mentioned
Open screening at Artjuna
Motor Gang Films & Theatre presentation
4th Feb (Monday) & 6th Feb (Wednesday)
Timing: 20.00 – 21.30
Motor Gang is an independent
creative association involved in
production of micro-budget films and
staging live theatrical performances
in the genres of punk, psychedelic
and sentimentalism. Co-founded by a
cameraman Nikolay Litvinov and a
punk actress Knoott in 2017 in Goa.
You are welcome to watch a selection
of 10 short films most of which have
never been screened anywhere and
some of them will not be available for
public watch for the next few years as
it will be sent to film festivals. In these
films are celebrated such ideas and
values as freedom of expression, f*ckthe-system,
hippie life, extraordinary
personality, play, brightness & fetish,
‘Fortnite’ and continued to say that
‘technology’ as a whole is the issue as
well as an answer to several questions.
He didn’t really asked children to move
away from ‘technology’ but did mention
that it can be harmful if used in excess.
“Ye samasya bhi hai, samadhaan bhi
hai, hum chahe hamare bachhe tech se
door chale jayen, fir toh vo ek prakar
se piche jana shuru ho jaenge” (This
[technology] is a problem as well as the
answer. If we want our children to stay
away from technology, they’ll be taking
a step back).
PUBG or PlayerUnknown’s
Battlegrounds is not just available on
consoles and PCs but in Android and
iOS smartphones as well in the form
of PUBG Mobile. The game throws 100
random players in a set location who kill
each other and win the match. It can be
played as a single match, duo and squad
as well that includes four members.
love, satire, beauty. Motor Gang films
are free of violence & crime and are fit
for all ages. All films are in English and
most of them have subtitles.
The films are made by freaky, trippy,
dreaddy people and feature such
people. Entry is free.
Ensemble live on 7th Feb at 7.30 pm or interact
with them at the workshop on 8th Feb at 12.30 pm
at The International Centre Goa.
The #BengalGoaEnsemble represents
a collaboration initiative between
#FolksofBengal and two iconic
#musicians of Goa, India.The
collaboration of various artists in the
past 5 years has led to the release of 3
music albums. Comprising of both rural
and #urban #folkartists, the collective
covers various traditional forms of
#music. The participating artists have
their own bands and identity.
This year the team from West
Bengal includes Debalina Bhowmick,
Dipannita Acharya, #SadhuDasBaul,
#KangalKhyapa and #KhokanDas. The
Goan sound is represented by Elvis
Lobo and Carlos Gonsalves.
See you at Sur Jahan Goa by
Banglanatak dot com.
#SurJahan #FreeEvent
#MusicFestival