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...
Tag: Caste
ख्रिस्तपुराण आणि सतराव्या शतकातील भक्तिभावाचा इतिहास
इतिहासलेखन राजे राजवाडे, युध्द, सन सनावळ्या ह्यांची नोंद करणे ह्यापुरतेच मर्यादित नसून भूतकाळाचा विविधांगी धांडोळा घेण्याचा उत्तरोत्तर प्रयत्न जगभरातील इतिहासका...
Periyar and the Politics of Resentment
What does it mean to grow up watching systemic oppression unfold onto people around you and not having a vocabulary to denounce/counter/ridicule it? This is wha...
The burden of humility
In the past two days, I have read two brilliant pieces of writing, Divya Malhari’s blog post on ‘A God of Small Things’ and Prof Suryakant Waghmore’s essay on H...
D.D. Kosambi Fellowship
I have been awarded the D.D. Kosambi Research Fellowship by the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa for the year 2016-2018. Under this fellowship,...
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...
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...
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...
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...