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WELLS OF ALDONA : COMICS Wells of Aldona talks about Martha, a lady who comes back to her childhood home to find her well gone! Her grand-kids are on a mission to get their avo her well back and luckily for them, they run into Shashi, their avo’s old friend who has still clung tight to her well. What happens next? Read to find out! 

Research & Story: Pragya Priyadarshini Storyboarding: Pragya Priyadarshini & Utkarsh Chaturvedi Artwork: Utkarsh Chaturvedi

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The Goan Water Project

The Goan Water Project is a part of the larger umbrella of ‘Reviving Goan Heritage’ project that looks at ways of public engagement in heritage  through mixed media, specially using technologies like VR, AR and MR.  It urges people to come out of closed spaces like museums and to experience heritage- architectural, ecological, culinary, musical and sartorial, in open spaces and through a wider lenses of technology. My role in the project is to create: a) Research and documentation of 8 major topics related to Goa’s Hydrological system, to be further used in the project either in Policy Labs or for the ‘Reviving Goan Heritage’ project b) A series of 1-pager comic strips on the above 8 topics, that could be used as methods of public engagement through publications and in outreach activities.

But why study water or the lack of it in a high-precipitation zone that has nine rivers flowing through it? Why study it as the part of heritage conservation? 

Goa, though abundant in water prima facie is steadily heading towards a water-scarce future. The abuse of resources along the coastal belt and by industries like hospitality and mining have created a jarring gap between the haves and have nots when it comes to water. The increasing developmental pressure and severely irresponsible tourism which promotes a very one-sided image of Goa does not do much to further the cause of conservation of Goan ecological heritage, specially water. This project is an attempt to study the peculiarities of the Goan hydrological systems and find ways in which the stories of water can be told to the people who’s water it is. The eight topics covered in the project range from the traditional khazan agri-system to responsible marine tourism and CRZ violations.

The 8-comic series is being directed by me(Pragya) and illustrated by 8 different artists in 8 different artistic styles.