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Category: The Goan Column

The Goan Column

Bahujan leaders, not Bahujan faces

Posted on September 26, 2016 by kaustubh / 1 Comment

The student union elections at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi recently concluded with the Left Unity Panel, a political alliance between Student...

The Goan Column

Unburdening the language from motherhood

Posted on August 3, 2016 by kaustubh / 2 Comments

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...

Performance Studies/The Goan Column/Theatre

Tiatr and the Goan Public Sphere

Posted on July 4, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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, ...

Issues/Music/The Goan Column

The Myth of ‘Unity in Diversity’

Posted on June 21, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

This campaign emphasizes unity among all Indians by employing a rhetorical strategy that erodes the contradictions in imagining India as a singular nation. The ...

Films/The Goan Column

Sairat and the banality of violence

Posted on June 21, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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...

Music/Performance Studies/The Goan Column/Theatre

Cantaram as political dissent

Posted on March 24, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

Earlier this month, Goa Government’s Department of Information and Publicity held a ‘Konkani Kantaram Utsav’, a cantaram singing competition in which the partic...

The Goan Column

Opinion Poll: Choice or Compromise?

Posted on March 24, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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...

The Goan Column

A response to ‘Archbishopancha Sermao’

Posted on January 7, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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 ...

The Goan Column

Marathi and the Hindu Bahujans

Posted on January 7, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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...

The Goan Column

Destabilising the ‘Idea of India’

Posted on November 27, 2015 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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...

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