गोव्यातल्या मराठी इतिहासाचे करायचे तरी काय?
श्रीयुत उदय भेम्बरे ह्यांच्या घराबाहेर रात्री जमाव आणून त्यांना जाब विचारण्याचा जो प्रकार हल्लीच मडगावात घडला तो चिंताजनक आहे. गोव्याचे सांस्कृतिक वातावरण बदलत ...
Author: kaustubh
Reads old newspapers and researches on Goan History.
भाई मावजो तुम्हारा चुक्याच!
कोकणी मराठी वाद सालाबादप्रमाणे एक दोन वेळातरी उफाळून येतोच. कोकणीवाले मराठीचे गोव्यातले अस्तित्व एक तर मान्य करत नाहीत किंवा सरसकट मराठी गोव्यात कधीच अस्तित्वात...
संघर्ष हमारा नारा है
२०१७ साली मी जवाहरलाल नेहरू विद्यापीठात एमफिल करण्यासाठी दाखल झालो. २०१६ पासून बऱ्याच उलथापालथी तिथे घडून गेल्या होत्या. त्यानंतर जेएनयूच्या वातावरणात उत्तरोत्त...
Begum Akhtar, Vijaya Mehta, and the resident of Neelam Manzil, Grant Road
In her Marathi autobiography Zimma (2012), noted theatre director Vijaya Mehta shares a vivid memory. When Mehta was preparing to direct Anil Barve’s play...
What do the Portuguese sources tell us about caste?
By the early twentieth century, the word ‘caste’ was comfortably entrenched in the social science discourse produced around the Indian subcontinent. It referre...
‘Capitalism and Slavery’ by Eric Williams
In the seminal work “Capitalism and Slavery,” Eric Williams, a distinguished historian and political leader, meticulously unravels the intricate tie...
विजूबाबांच्या निमित्ताने
This is a speech I wrote to be read at the memorial of my uncle Vijaykumar Naik, a theatre maker and mentor, who passed away on 18th January 2024. कामानिमित्त स...
Hindutva and the Spread of Islam in South Asia
Soon after Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India, he made a statement in the Indian Parliament that Indians suffered from ‘a slave mentality...
Reflections on learning Portuguese (Reflexões Sobre Aprender Portuguese)
I am now at the fag end of my stay in Lisbon. I arrived here towards the end of July, after much running around for a visa. I began my intensive Portuguese cour...
Country with anger issues
Often, I tweet random thoughts and they get shared and liked on twitter in the most unexpected ways. Initially, I used to further engage and clarify my position...