Goa, Dec. 21 -- 'Aparanta' became the rallying point for a citizens' movement to save the Old GMC from being handed over to private enterprise to be turned into a mall

Vivek Menezes

18 years after he helped to save the Old Goa Medical College heritage building from being converted into a shopping mall - for which our feckless state government had already handed it over to a Delhi-based company - it was inexpressibly moving earlier this month to find Ranjit Hoskote happily at work in that magnificent 19th century landmark once again, with his sprawling, masterful curation of OTHERLAND: Snatching Choreography from the Chaos, one of the standout highlights of this bountiful season of the arts in Goa. It was an excellent opportunity to inte...