Prutha Goa

The Story of Space follows 2015’s successful The Story of Light Festival, which was made a reality by 62 artists from 12 countries, and the organisational skills and conceptualisation of Jaya Ramchandani and Nash Paul D’Souza. The interactive interdisciplinary learning endeavour garnered a sizeable number of visitors. Earlier, Goa was chosen as the venue for The Story of Light for its favourable artistic and cultural climate, and locations that provide appropriate spaces for the progression of the various components of the festival. This year too, The Story of Space, which has been underway since the 10 of November 2017 in Goa, will wrap up on the 19th of November. ‘The Story Of’ Foundation, which has been registered under The Societies Registration Act 1980 since 2014, continues with its scheme of informal learning through a number of media, such as photography, films, text, sculptures, dance, theatre, poetry, and drawing; focusing on projects related to physics, politics, perception,

The Story of Light Festival is the story of the educative amalgamation of science, art and philosophy. Conceptualised by Jaya Ramchandani and Nash Paul D’Souza, this festival was inspired by UNESCO’s presentations on the International Year of Light 2015, at a conference attended by Ramchandani. At the end of 2012, Nash, Jaya and their friends from all over the world communed in Goa and developed the spark into a concrete plan. Nash, a freelance graphic and web designer, and Jaya, who has studied physics and astronomy, have been long-time friends. Jaya has worked for many astronomy outreach programmes and is the co-founder of a language solutions company for researchers called Sirius Interactive Limited. The duo provided an example of interactive learning by converting Nash’s house into parts of the digestive system and demonstrating through play how a pão is digested. Although the initial idea was to set up the festival on a small scale in Nash’s house, the enthusiasm that resonated a