The third and concluding part of Young Turks show on the road at Goa was telecast today. (Read my other posts regarding the first and second part)
Shereen interviewed Gourav Jaswal of Synapse, Nandini Paliwal, CEO of Entertainment Society of Goa and Elizabeth Kurien, founder of Stonehenge, a design company.
Anybody who has grown up on a diet of publications from Jasubhai Digital especially their monthly tech magazine called Digit will instantly recongnize Gourav Jaswal as its past editor. He has setup a non-profit company called Synapse at Dona Paula in Goa. Synapse is a business communications company with a philosophy that people working in it are entrepreneurs and not employees. I liked Gourav’s philosophy about work-life balance and not ramping up the operations solely because someone (read VCs) has a stake in them. The thought of working from a shack in Dona Paula, (which is where my in-laws live) is inviting indeed…
ESG is an organization which, among other things, organizes the famous IFFI (International Film Festival of India). I have witnessed 3 IFFIs at Goa and the dreams to make it the next Cannes are should I say, iffy (couldn’t resist it!). Unless ofcourse Nandini and her team get rid of the chaos which prevails everytime. And please, do something about the traffic jams during these events. The people of Goa enjoy a good siesta, but certainly not inside a car in sweltering heat.
Well, Young Turks now move to Hyderabad (next week) and I am looking forward to it.