Goa, Sept. 20 -- Vivek Menezes

Take the time to visit the Mhadei Collective website (mhadeicollective.com) to view the gorgeous, lyrical and sorrowing documentary fil Maa Dei - Mother Goddess (it was directed and edited by Gasper D'Souza with cinematographer Shrinivas Ananathanarayanan, and stunning drone footage from Ethan D'Souza). Very soon, at the same Internet address, we will be able to access an extensive database of related research, along with companion essays by a huge range of professionals and passionate defenders of the environment, as part of an overarching project entitled The River Mhadei: The Science and Politics of Diversion. Earlier this week, those findings were launched in book form (from Goa 1556), edited by the aca...