Ms. Nikita D'Costa, daughter of Mr. Plastino & Mrs. Savia D'Costa, of Benaulim Goa, schooling in Manovikas English Medium School, has been named one of the finalist for the Doodle 4 Google - My India doodle designing competition. The finalists were voted by a panel of judges which included renowned cartoonist, N. Ponnappa, young internationally acclaimed artist Raghava KK., as well as faculty and students of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Nikita's doodle is on http://www.google.com/intl/en_in/doodle4google/vote.html#d=d2-6 website for online voting by the Indian public from 21st October 2009 to 31st October 2009, to select the Final Winner. The winning doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on Children's Day 14th November 2009, for a day, to be viewed by millions of people. Nikita's Doodle comprised of the Sitar originating from Northern India, Tabla invented in Delhi, Veena played in South India, the ancient flute made of bamboo during the time of Lord Krishna and plates used in Maharashtra for religious prayers. Each alphabet of Google supports an Indian musical instrument.
