Bahujan leaders, not Bahujan faces
The student union elections at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi recently concluded with the Left Unity Panel, a political alliance between Student...
Category: The Goan Column
Unburdening the language from motherhood
The debate over Goa’s language issue continues because the conflict is far from being resolved. The passing of the much controversial Official Language Act (OLA...
Tiatr and the Goan Public Sphere
The emergence and evolution of the Goan public sphere has received very sparse attention, despite its potential to nuance the larger debate over public sphere, ...
The Myth of ‘Unity in Diversity’
This campaign emphasizes unity among all Indians by employing a rhetorical strategy that erodes the contradictions in imagining India as a singular nation. The ...
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...
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...