[Goanet] Fifty singers come together ...

[Frederick Noronha]

Stuti Choral Ensemble and members of the erstwhile Goa Univesity Choir..
Old Goa,
Fifty singers come together to celebrate the life of Maestro Santiago
Lusardi-Girelli, with a short programme of Christmas carols and songs
directed by Parvesh Java. The works include Girelli's own ethereal piece "O
Magnum Mysterium" as well as other classics such as Handel's "For Unto Us a
Child is Born", Konkani favourite "Ghanttir Ghantti", Arvo Part's fiery
"Bogoroditse Devo", Stopford's soothing selling of the "Coventry Carol", a
new bold arrangement at "Desk The Halls" and more. Recorded by Frederick
Noronha (FN). Copyleft.

https://youtu.be/ersRYLry0JY

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[Goanet-News] Fifty singers come together ...

[Frederick Noronha]

Stuti Choral Ensemble and members of the erstwhile Goa Univesity Choir..
Old Goa,
Fifty singers come together to celebrate the life of Maestro Santiago
Lusardi-Girelli, with a short programme of Christmas carols and songs
directed by Parvesh Java. The works include Girelli's own ethereal piece "O
Magnum Mysterium" as well as other classics such as Handel's "For Unto Us a
Child is Born", Konkani favourite "Ghanttir Ghantti", Arvo Part's fiery
"Bogoroditse Devo", Stopford's soothing selling of the "Coventry Carol", a
new bold arrangement at "Desk The Halls" and more. Recorded by Frederick
Noronha (FN). Copyleft.

https://youtu.be/ersRYLry0JY

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[Goanet] Through Canadian Eyes

[Roland Francis]

Canadian media rarely cover any India let alone Goa news unless it is major, or 
of international impact, even though the country has a sizeable Indian 
population.

So this snippet in the national media (CBC), naturally raises an eyebrow. Is 
Goa becoming adversely newsworthy? 

CBC News : Omicron variant threatens to jeopardize another season in India's 
tourist-dependent Goa.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/covid-omicron-tourism-goa-1.6288447

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] RIVER MANDOVI IS CERTAINLY POLLUTED

[Stephen Dias]

Environmentalists must wake up and counter act whether there is any impact
of sewage discharge in river Mandovi.
I don't agree with the statement come up in Raya Sabba. According to me the
STP plant in St Inez Tonca is overloaded with the sewage tankers coming
from various sources like 5 star hotels and offshore casinos. This polution
can be verified by renowned agencies and  local Institute of Oceanography.
Whether any official studies were done by local government?
I have inspected the STP plant and found the sewage tankers are discharging
sewage in the STP plant and found overloaded beyond the  capacity of the
plant and excess is discharged into the creek on turn to river Mandovi.
Also when I wanted to inspect the supply of sewage from Casinos being
loaded via supply boats into the standing on platform jetty I was not
allowed to verify and was stopped by security at the Captain of Ports
jetty. That means there was no transparency on loading operation.
It is very clear that the St. INEZ CREEK water is polluted beyond quantity
of sewage coming from various sources such as high rise buildings, migrants
housing nearby on borders and STP plant overloading plant. The sample for
analysis can very well give the proofs of sewage contamination on River
Mandovi.
That means the reporting to Raya Sabba by vested interest needs to be
further verified by appointing government agencies to substantiate its
claim and analysis of water sample near offshore casinos will give the
percentage of pollution contamination on Mandovi.
By Stephen Dias
Retired NIO
Technical Officer

[Goanet] MAY REGINALDO LOURENCO’S STAINED POLITICAL SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE

[Aires Rodrigues]

The treacherous exit from the Congress Party by the always ego puffed
Curtorim MLA Reginaldo Lourenco was expected and comes as no surprise. His
recent midnight meeting with BJP leaders says it all.

In Reginaldo Lourenco’s expected, disgruntled exit, the Congress should be
relieved that some of its remaining political thrash has been finally
emptied and is down the sewage line. And whatever other dirt remains within
the Congress, the faster it is off-loaded the better it is for Goa and the
Party.

It was in fact surprising that the Congress Party recently went all out to
pacify the Curtorim MLA with premium bread, butter and cheese without
sensing that their over ambitious MLA had planned and was looking to move
elsewhere.

Reginaldo Lourenco falsely projected himself as a smart MLA, something that
he proved otherwise by foolishly moving a resolution in the Goa Legislative
Assembly some years ago that women should be barred from wearing scarves
around their faces. An embarrassed Reginaldo had to beat a hasty retreat
and withdraw his words which only exposed how immature and dumb the
Curtorim MLA was.

Over the last few years Reginaldo was very opposed to Luizinho Faleiro who
he always blamed for his political alienation and stagnation. Won’t it be
now interesting to see the former Curtorim MLA being part of his new
political abode headed by the very same Luizinho Faleiro?

Adv. Aires Rodrigues

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Ribandar Retreat

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

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[Goanet] Illiterate man is harassed by café cashier | WWYD

[Roland Francis]

No matter thick skinned politicians, greedy businessmen, and uncaring people 
chasing only their dreams, the average American is kind, charitable and more 
than a decent human being.

https://youtu.be/PKDyXb3SpGY

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet-News] Christmas Carols from Goa... in Konkani

[Frederick Noronha]

https://youtu.be/G8Yo-w8Oc2g
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[Goanet] Schedule for Wednesday 22nd December 2021

[CCR TV]

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Schedule for  Wednesday 22nd December 2021

12:00 AM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

12:27 AM
Orlando Jezuchea zolmaho zagbo sadho

12:56 AM
Poem - True Spirit of Christmas - Larissa Rodrigues

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Tuesday

1:45 AM
St. Francis of Assisi - Christmas Crib - Fr. Valerian Ferrao OFM

1:56 AM
Prayer over Children - St Jospeh Vaz

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

2:26 AM
Devachem Utor - Suttka - Avesvor 14 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

2:37 AM
Parish of the Week - Verna 4

2:59 AM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  147  - Titanic - Fr Pratap Naik sj

3:08 AM
Youthopia - Chadel Nash Fernandes - Footballer interviewed by Sammy Coelho

3:25 AM
Song : Christmas Mashup -  1 Tri

3:35 AM
What's Cooking - Episode 6 Bebinca

4:03 AM
Mil Mel Nel - Nevem Voros

4:11 AM
Talk on Envy  - Dr Silvia Noronha

4:28 AM
Carol - Angels we have heard on High - Students of Chowgule College

4:31 AM
Povitr Zaunk Apovnne - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas

5:02 AM
Our Father - Ho

5:06 AM
Wisdom Reflections -4 - Rachol Professors

5:35 AM
Tell Me a Story  - Eps 44 - God guides his pepole through the desert

5:41 AM
Happiness - Talk by Fr Abraham sj

6:04 AM
Tell Me a Story  - Eps 46 - God feeds his people

6:12 AM
Kumsar zaunk lozonakai ani vaumtem udok addaunk thokos gheinakaim - Orlando
D'Souza

6:45 AM
Kids Programme - What's on Your Mind ? - Episode 3

6:55 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem  -  Advent 17th to 24th  December

7:00 AM
Praise and Worship -   Magno Menezes - Purgatory and Hell - SJVRC

7:29 AM
Morning Prayer - Advent  17th to 24 th December

7:32 AM
Broadening the horizons of your minds - Faith and Miracles- Fr Fio
Mascarenhas sj

8:01 AM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 2

8:05 AM
Prayer for India 4

8:08 AM
Senior Shepherds  - Fr Joseph SIlva interviewed by Colin Pereira

8:40 AM
Povitr Sobha 'Devacha Porza' Mhunnllear Kitem? - Rev. Elroy Da Gama

8:44 AM
Fatima Saibinnichie Vinovnnem Devachim Svotontr Fr Edson Fernandes

9:02 AM
Ask Dr Sweezel - Should I get a Massage?

9:05 AM
Music - Vakhann'nni 2  followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

9:35 AM
Magnificat (Konkani)

9:37 AM
Orlando Jezuchea zolmaho zagbo sadho

10:08 AM
Our Father - Kannada

10:13 AM
Tell me a story - Noah

10:38 AM
Prayer - Litany of the Saints

10:46 AM
Bhajan - Svargim Devapanim Astam - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx

11:00 AM
Devachem Utor - Suttka - Avesvor 14 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

11:11 AM
Archbishop's message on 4th Annniversary of CCR TV

11:20 AM
Angelus - English

11:22 AM
Prayer for the Synod 2023

11:24 AM
Intercessions in English

11:30 AM
Mass in English from Cruz Milsgre followed by Daily Flash

12:15 PM
Pope's Intentions in  Konkani

12:18 PM
Career Guidance - Merchant Navy - Seascan

12:49 PM
Tell Me a Story  - Eps 46 - God feeds his people

12:59 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Fr Jose Silveira sj interviewed by Daniel de
Souza

1:28 PM
Prayer over Expectant Mothers - St Joseph Vaz

1:30 PM
The Golden Brigade - Francisco and Anita Fernandes

2:00 PM
Bhagevont Zuze Vazachem Novena Magnnem

2:02 PM
Msgr Fr Alex Rebello interviewed by Prof Nicholas D'Souza

2:29 PM
Bhurgeanlem Angonn - Bhag 2

2:31 PM
Learning Konknai - 11 - Fr Pratap Naik sj

2:55 PM
Franciscan Hospitallers of Immaculate Conception - Vocation Promotion

3:06 PM
Health Matters - Eye Care - Dr Aires Lobo

3:30 PM
Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:38 PM
Happiness - Talk by Fr Abraham sj

4:00 PM
Rosary - Glorious Mysteries

4:27 PM
Song - A Goan Christmas - Alfwold Silveira

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 11

5:00 PM
Praise and Worship -   Magno Menezes - SJVRC

5:28 PM
Laudate Si - Talk by Fr Savio Fernandes

5:53 PM
Aimorechen Magnnem

5:56 PM
Prayer for the Synod 2023 - Konkani

6:00 PM
Mass in Konkani from Shiroda followed by Jivitacho Prokas

6:40 PM
Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag  173  - Mahesh Savani - Fr Pratap Naik sj

6:48 PM
Music - Maria Maria - Ivy Ferrao

6:52 PM
Kumsar zaunk lozonakai ani vaumtem udok addaunk thokos gheinakaim - Orlando
D'Souza

7:25 PM
Our Song of Hope

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai -  Orkache Mister

7:56 PM
Prayer of Grandparents - English

8:00 PM
Adlea kallant monis khoreamnich zaitim vorsam jivetalo - Rev. Melito D'Costa

8:05 PM
Politics - A Noble Profession ? - Eps 3  Dr Jorson Fernandes

8:38 PM
Let us live in Meekness with all - Fr Peter Michael CSSR

8:52 PM
Devachem Utor - Suttka - Avesvor 15 - Vachpi Orlando D'Souza

9:03 PM
Adoration 7 - St Anthony Church, Siolim

9:32 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:45 PM
Wealth out of Waste - Coasters and Bags

10:09 PM
Prayer over Children - St Jospeh Vaz

10:11 PM
The Law and You - NGT - Adv Anamika Gode

11:12 PM
Hymn -Keep up the Faith - Cassini Suiam sj

11:16 PM
Politics - A Noble Profession ? - Eps 2  Sanjeev Sardessai

11:50 PM
Carols - 

Re: [Goanet] Organic Farmers Markets and Restaurants

[Ivan Pereira]



Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 20, 2021, at 02:55, Ivan Pereira  wrote:
> Joao, 
> when Goa became part of India, 1961, after the Indian Govt of Nehru sent in 
> paratroopers, then ground troops, the ‘economic literature’ shows that a 
> small State like Goa was actually ‘exporting’ food to the rest of India, & 
> was itself being ‘rationed’. 
> Import duties were raised dramatically, making the availability of foreign 
> goods Goa enjoyed financially not affordable anymore. 
> 
> Goa actually fed India. Isn’t that amazing? 
> It exported to other countries, & was a major source of scarce ‘foreign 
> exchange’, allowing India to import other produce, & to manage its ‘balance 
> of payments‘ shortfall. 
> 
> It is an extraordinary part of Goa’s economic history, & a telling story of 
> the Indian Govt’s management of the Indian economy at the time. 
> 
> Goa should return to organic farming, feed itself its quality produce first, 
> not import less quality food from Karnataka, etc., & then only export its 
> supply. 
> 
> Furthermore, Goa was self-sufficient without taxes. 
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 02:02, Joao Barros-Pereira  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Goa's agriculture deserves more than a shot in the arm to
>> survive;nothing less than a major transfusion is necessary and the
>> photo-op of a couple of MLAs in the  fields from time to time is
>> Gollywood; it cannot be expected to be taken seriously by the Goan
>> public unless our MLAs think the Goan electorate is not much more than
>> an imbecilic mass of rotten meat with the right to vote every few
>> years.
>> 
>> Giving subsidies to farmers, at this point in time, is a little like
>> trying to apply a band-aid on a patient who is at death's end. And,
>> that is about where we are today, with most of the food we eat -
>> fish,fruit, vegetables, and water - all polluted!
>> 
>> Some people are asking, what's next?
>> 
>> With the high cost and shortage of labour, the unholy abundance of
>> imported fish, vegetables and fruit from outside the state pouring
>> into Goa is indeed an ill omen; local producers cannot hope to compete
>> with the prices of the formalin-laced fish during the monsoon and the
>> polluted food!
>> 
>> And, by the way, where is the state-of-the art lab which was promised
>> by our Health Minister. June, July and August are the months for
>> formalin-laced fish at their best. Bon appetite.
>> 
>> We need to upgrade agriculture to an agro-industry.
>> 
>> Farmers organic markets and restaurants in fields in villages is the
>> need of the hour. We must have dedicated markets and organic
>> restaurants in agricultural fields in Goa where local farmers are
>> eligible to sell their chemically-free cooked food, fresh fruit and
>> vegetables.
>> 
>> Hotels and the local population will gobble up the food. Rice,
>> potatoes, onions,tomatoes, and so on, can be sold in these
>> chemical-free markets and restaurants.
>> 
>> Farmers, in this way, will get a much greater profit margin when we
>> add this marketing strategy to the subsidies that exist at present.
>> 
>> Agricultural land will become more valuable, and agriculture a more
>> viable industry, and people will celebrate the burial of 16B.
>> 
>> This new policy makes the farmer the
>> beneficiary of the land and our green Goa will not have to become a
>> concrete Goa where politicians and builders can grow richer faster
>> than a fenugreek plant can reach maturity. Best of all, the farmers
>> won't have to dispose of their land to builders!
>> 
>> Organic farming is the way to go as Goa is also a major global tourism
>> destination. Make no mistake, we do not have a choice. Health
>> conscious people will flock to Goa if organic food is widely available
>> in hotels and restaurants all over Goa.
>> 
>> Unlike the problem of garbage disposal, we need to eat food every day.
>> Bottled water in Goa today is no longer a status symbol but
>> circumstantial evidence of how polluted our ground water is - a
>> warning to us to think twice, at least, if we don't want
>> to scare the tourists away.
>> 
>> Tourism is  now the economic backbone of our state - a weak backbone -
>> as mining is snoring and on life support. Unemployment,
>> which is on the way up, is an ugly fact in the lives of Goans who have
>> to go abroad to earn a livelihood.
>> 
>> Kitchen gardens can be included in this marketing strategy:
>> individuals, too, should be allowed to sell their chemical-free fruit
>> and vegetable produce in the local farmers markets. It will help to
>> raise the standard of health in the village and provide additional
>> income to
>> households all over Goa.
>> 
>> As the truism goes - we are what we eat - and so, let's eat right.

[Goanet] Christmas Carols from Goa... in Konkani

[Frederick Noronha]

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[Goanet] Palam Kalayanasundaraman

[Nelson Lopes]

Palam Kalayanasundaram
A man worked as a librarian   for 30 years donated his total salary for
charity
When he retired too all his benefits of 10 lakhs to poor. HE WORKED as a
waiter to meet his needs  He was honoured by US Govt  and further declared
him as man of millennium   with an  award of 30 crores.Once again it  all
went to charity
It is a pity  that Govt of India  did not find fit to appreciate or
recognise his  passion for social work at a tremendous self  sacrifice
It does not matter that he was a bachelor  but his commitment is a super
sacrifice of self denial all his life
May his tribe increase

[Goanet] Standing Together: Viva Bangladesh! (Dhaka Tribune, 17/12/2021)

[Marshall Mendonza]

Very unlikely. Bangladesh has overtaken India on several parameters,
including GDP, HDI, Poverty, etc.

Regards,

Marshall


*Roland Toronto*

*India gave Bangladesh to the Bangladeshis (through war) now Bangladesh
gives Bangladeshis to the Indians (as refugees).*

[Goanet] Daily DTE Update-When the Himalayas lose: Assessing Chardham Pariyojana judgment

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Re: [Goanet] Goa at 60: Still "The Unique" (Outlook, 19/12/2021)

[Bernice Pereira]

Very sad state of affairs for Goans unfortunately. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 19-Dec-2021, at 11:13 PM, V M  wrote:
> 
> https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-still-the-unique-goa-at-60/405790
> 
> Just two years after the swift decapitation and annexation of the
> 451-year-old Estado da India by Jawaharlal Nehru’s troops in 1961, the
> novelist and writer Graham Greene visited the former Portuguese colony.
> 
> In the epic *Sunday Times *cover story that followed, he marveled about
> “the uniqueness of Goa” while warning that its destruction was predestined
> because “you cannot hang a skull at the entrance [of what was then a Union
> Territory] as you can on a mango tree to avert the envious eye.”
> 
> Greene predicted other Indians would pour into the republic’s newest
> possession in overwhelming numbers because, back then, “outside Goa one is
> aware all the time of the interminable repetition of the ramshackle, the
> enormous pressure of poverty, flowing, branching, extending like
> floodwater. This is not a question of religion. The Goan Hindu village can
> be distinguished as easily from the Hindu village of India as the
> Christian, and there is little need to drive the point home at the boundary
> with placards. The houses in the Goan village were built with piety to
> last.”
> 
> Skip forward intervening decades – today is the 60th anniversary of the
> first ceremonial raising of the *tiranga* in my hometown of Panjim – and
> there can be no doubt the British author was right in substantial measure.
> 
> India’s smallest state has indeed come under pressure from destabilizing
> numbers of would-be migrants from other parts of the country. These
> influxes – which only accelerated after Covid-19 - have shifted the
> demographic balance decisively to non-natives, who now comprise the
> majority (even if official statistics do not always confirm what is clear
> on the ground).
> 
> Yet, there is no doubt Greene important things totally wrong, as did others
> at the time, including Nehru. They made the mistake of assuming Goa’s
> polity would fall in line with national trends. Instead, at their first
> opportunity these new Indians voted overwhelmingly against the Congress,
> and for newly minted regional forces in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
> and United Goans Party.
> 
> Goa University history professor Parag Parobo writes in his excellent *India’s
> First Democratic Revolution: Dayanand Bandodkar and the Rise of Bahujan in
> Goa* that, against the 1961 backdrop, “Goa’s Liberation saw the idea of the
> Bahujan Samaj being reinvented. There was a shift from the attitude of
> appealing to the government to bring about economic transformation [to]
> political mobilization for a collective identity which would acquire
> political resources for itself, and a focus on attacking the stranglehold
> of the upper castes.”
> 
> Thus, “at a time when the entire country was driven by Nehru’s vision of
> investments in industries and higher education as an apparatus of
> development, Goa, through [the first chief minister] Dayanand Bandodkar’s
> governance, prioritized human developments through schooling and health.”
> 
> This prescient approach, which persisted right until statehood in 1987, is
> barely understood and even less acknowledged in the rest of India.
> Nonetheless, it laid the foundation for the state’s contemporary successes
> in human development, which underline its vaunted quality of life.
> 
> Things changed rapidly after 2000. The famously idyllic coastline
> unexpectedly became one of the most highly sought New Year’s destinations
> in the world. Goa’s tourism brand soared to global renown, then crashed
> once again when the state started becoming paralyzed beyond capacity during
> high season. From 2010, when the total number of visitors spiked past 2
> million, it has been a madhouse: 3 million in 2013, 4 in 2015, 5 in 2016,
> and both 2018 and 2019 crossed an eye-watering 8 million.
> 
> Those are scary numbers, way past sustainability. Their impact has
> devastated the once pristine landscape, with uncontrolled garbage and
> polluted water. Another symptom of India’s insatiable appetite for Goa is
> its real estate industry gone rogue, with innumerable illegalities along
> the coastline, and monstrously oversized apartment complexes on the
> plateaus. Meanwhile, in an extension of an India-wide phenomenon, the
> state’s urban areas are collapsing under mismanagement.
> 
> Here, as with much of what has happened in Goa over the past 20 years, an
> outsized share of the responsibility for the state’s precipitous decline is
> due to the late chief minister Manohar Parrikar. In many ways, it is
> impossible to disentangle the story of what happened in Goa in that time
> from the outsized personality, capacities, whims and vagaries of the man
> who was treated as a talismanic good luck charm by Narendra Modi himself.
> 
> Just as the first decade of the new 

[Goanet] World Badminton Champion - 2021 Silver Medalist Srikanth Kidambi for Badminton collaborated with Yellow Class

[Ekaterina Dhall]

Greetings,

Happy to share that Yellow Class collaborates with World Badminton Champion
- 2021 Silver Medalist Srikanth Kidambi for Badminton Classes for kids. The
course session is about 2 hours long, explaining the rules, body posture,
footwork, injury prevention, strokes, and unique aspects of Srikanth's
game.

Please find the attached press release for more information.
I hope you could carry this in your esteemed publication.

Have a great day.



Learn from the Masters: Yellow Class collaborates with World Badminton
Champion - 2021 Silver Medalist Srikanth Kidambi for Badminton Classes for
kids

Srikanth Kidambi hosts five free sessions for kids, teaching them the
basics of Badminton rules, body posture, footwork, injury prevention,
strokes and much more

New Delhi 21th December 2021: Yellow Class, an Elevation Capital backed
edtech platform where more than a million online lessons are taken by kids
free of cost every month, announced its partnership with Srikanth Kidambi,
World Champion Silver Medalist. The free coursework contains five sessions
on badminton, introducing the sport with all the essential rules necessary
for a kid to play. The course session is about 2 hours long, explaining the
rules, body posture, footwork, injury prevention, strokes, and unique
aspects of Srikanth's game.

Children are keen learners, and they thrive when they feel a sense of
accomplishment and success through cognitive skills. One of the most
effective ways to improve children’s success is by engaging in sports.
sports helps kids stay focused. With a lot of energy to burn and fun
elements involved, many children love playing sports because it gives them
a feeling of belongingness and competitiveness.

Speaking on the new course launched, Arpit Mittal, Cofounder and CTO, said, “We
want kids to have fun on the Yellow Class platform. With this
collaboration, we want to go a step forward, creating a platform where kids
can learn something while having fun rather than spending hours
binge-watching useless content! The platform enhances and develops the
creative passion and helps kids discover themselves. Sports play an
important role in helping kids with cognitive skills. More than anything,
we want kids to discover their liking and interests through exploration. We
are glad to announce that we have Srikanth Kidambi as a part of the
platform.”

Srikanth Kidambi shared his excitement on the collaboration saying “It is a
pleasure to teach kids through Yellow Class. Seeing the huge potential of
Indians, I wish to add more value by mentoring kids at an early age. I
understand the importance of a role model and a good Coach and I am glad to
be collaborating with Yellow Class to be the same to the young kids out
there. Looking forward to fun-filled badminton lessons on Yellow Class. See
you all soon"

Additionally, Yellow class is also collaborating with celebrities and
creating free programs like Singing with Shaan, Cooking with Masterchef
Ripu, Yoga with Vidya Malvade and Ramayana with Shri Arun Govil Ji. The
reasons for bringing these celebrities to mentor kids are many - i. These
are role models for a lot of kids, ii. They have years of experience in
their domain and are masters of their skills and, iii. These celebrities
look for opportunities to mentor kids as they understand the importance of
a mentor at an early age. The platform has been able to retain the kids
since they have fun on the platform and aren’t forced to learn anything. It
has showcased disruptive growth and focuses on deeper consumer engagement
by gamifying the experience for kids. Additionally, the brand has a user
base in over 52 countries with more than 2 million parents being a part of
the community.

The startup aims to captivate children in various disciplines and offers
programs in dance, GK, yoga, arts and crafts in interactive classes and
workshops through, Podcasts, Stories, DIY sessions. Furthermore, it had
raised $6 million in a Series A funding round led by Elevation Capital in
August 2021. A clutch of angel investors— including Meesho’s cofounder
Vidit Aatrey and PropTiger CEO Dhruv Agarwala—and existing investors India
Quotient, Titan Capital & First Cheque participated in the fundraise.

About Yellow Class

Yellow Class was founded in June 2020 by Arpit Mittal and Anshul Gupta,
serial entrepreneurs with over two decades of experience in building
scalable consumer technology products. There are 40+ categories with 1000+
programs like GK, Logical reasoning, Dancing, Singing, Magic, Sudoku,
Creative writing, English sessions and much more!


Thank you.

Regards,
Cathy Dhall
+91 9818312994