Sairat and the banality of violence
What makes ‘Sairat’ realistic is the forthright manner in which it highlights the routine violence of caste and patriarchy. Have we ever bothered to think why t...
Author: kaustubh
Reads old newspapers and researches on Goan History.
Cantaram as political dissent
Earlier this month, Goa Government’s Department of Information and Publicity held a ‘Konkani Kantaram Utsav’, a cantaram singing competition in which the partic...
Opinion Poll: Choice or Compromise?
We need a nuanced historical analysis to understand the preconditions and after-effects of the Opinion poll. A series of events are being planned to commemorate...
A response to ‘Archbishopancha Sermao’
An ideal commitment towards sustaining plurality would be to broaden the definition of ‘Indian’ness. The Catholic communities in Goa have been at the receiving ...
Marathi and the Hindu Bahujans
Marathi is as much a carrier of Goan ethos as Konkani (both Romi and Nagari) and Portuguese. The presence of Marathi in Goa is looked upon with suspicion by som...
Destabilising the ‘Idea of India’
Following the abominable lynching of Muhammad Akhlaq in Dadri, the beef bans, and the overall rise of the Hindu nationalist BJP’s rise to power in India, many a...
Subaltern Cultures as Commodities
“Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav”, India’s national cultural festival, concluded last week at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Contemporary Arts (IGNCA) in Ne...
Dayanand Bandodkar, Ambedkar and Nehru
Bandodkar’s politics show the potential of Dr. Ambedkar’s vision, but also the limits of the Nehruvian model of governance. In his essay titled ‘A Warning to Un...
When the Bahujans Speak
Porobo’s book on Bandodkar offers fresh perspectives on Goa by narrating a history that refuses to conform to the dominant narratives. The discourse on Goa’s hi...
Of Muthalik and Nagri Konkani
Goa’s multicultural ethos is threatened not just by Rama Sene, but from self-professed guardians of Konkani identity too. The ban on entry of Pramod Muthalik’s ...