Soumak Mukhopadhyay – Founder & Designer at Jyamiti and Sea | Co-founder at The Creative Lens Photography
Date: February 2023
In Goa, I do (for a living)…
I run a business of providing cast-in-situ terrazzo and IPS flooring, wall finishes and slabs. My business also manufactures small concrete home décor products. I am also a professional photographer and I photograph weddings.
When I’m with my oldest buddies…
We like to relax and reminisce about old times and catch up over the latest in each other’s lives over a few drinks in a nice restaurant. Sometimes, when the weather is suitable, we barbeque in our backyard.
Life in Goa in one word…
Wholesome
Events that I would never miss in Goa…
Serendipity Arts Festival
Carnaval
My best memory growing up…
Playing roof-top hand cricket with the friends in my colony
Things I love most about Goa …
The incessant monsoon rains, the calmness of the beaches, the lazy pace of life, the better quality of life, the vibrant old villas, the roads lined with coconut trees, the connect with a simpler life than in cities.
My favourite season in Goa…
Monsoon
My go-to place in Goa…
Agonda
My Goan comfort food is…
Cutlet Pao
Feni (if that counts)
A not-so-tourist spot that I love…
Divar Island
That one thing I miss about Goa from my childhood…
Not just Goa, but in general, I miss the simplicity there was in life in my childhood. Small things used to give us a lot of happiness. That is missing these days. Life in Goa is relatively better off in this aspect than other places I have been too. The Kolkata Biriyani is one materialistic thing I miss in Goa, compared to my childhood.
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