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...
Tag: Goa
हिंदू कॅथॉलिक एनकॉउंटर्स – गोव्यातल्या संकीर्ण धार्मिक जाणीवेचा शोध
२०१३ साली तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री स्व मनोहर पर्रीकर ह्यांनी एका मुलाखतीत ‘गोव्यातील कॅथॉलिक समाज हा सांस्कृतिकरीत्या हिंदू आहे’ अश्या स्वरूपाचे काहीसे ...
Hello from Lisbon
Hello from Lisbon! I have been camping here since August sharpening my Portuguese skills. My arrival here was due towards end of June. However, my visa got dela...
पोर्तुगीज आफ्रिका आणि आफ्रिकेतील गोमंतकीय समाज
सुएला ब्रेव्हरमन महिन्याकाठी किती खळबळजनक विधानं करते त्याचा हिशेब ठेवणं आता अशक्य झालं आहे. हा लेख लिहिण्यापर्यंत ‘होमलेसनेस हा एक लाइफस्टाइल चॉईस आहे...
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...
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...
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...
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...