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From Babri to Dadri … Can Goapuri Tolerate Culture of Intolerance?
Indians are steadily coming to terms with the double face of the BJP. We in Goa are also faced with the discomfort of seeing the falling of mask that hid its fearsome face. The view that watches the past of BJP and the looks at the future that seems to emerge out of the growing culture of intolerance...
Denial of Democracy
Democracy is said to have brought self-determination to the people. The will of the people is understood to be paramount for an active running of any democracy. Today paradoxically, there is a denial of democracy in the name of democracy. The will of the people has become insignificant as our political leaders and their parties appear to bow down...
Religion, Politics and the Political in Goa
Religion and Politic do not mix. It is said to be a hazardous cocktail. Religion has often served political ends. God is repeatedly sold for notes and votes across several religions. Violence has sometimes enjoyed religious sanction. Heinous crimes have been committed against Humanity in the name of God. ‘The other worldly’ concerns of religions have numbed and...
Being a Goan at a time of Hindutva
What comes to mind when one hears the word Goa? It does something to us Goansand produces a sense of bonding. What does it do to tourists or non-goans? It is a doing word rather than simply a saying word. There is performativity packed into it. We are invited to thinking of Goa as an event word. Goa is...
Imaging Goa…
There is a thin line between simulation and seduction. Unfortunately, reality seems to be lost in its simulation. We seem to be happy to be consuming simulations. Meaning has imploded and we have lost touch with reality. Simulation has replaced reality. Simulation has become a new regime of structuring reality. Sign in this regime has given up the function...
The Libidinal Hostilities, Desecrations and Phobic Responses
We have been pained by the recent spate of desecration of crosses and other holy spaces in Goa. While we had not been able to nab the culprits until recently, Goans have shown that they cannot be provoked by the sinister designs of the wicked perpetrators of these crimes. The impacts of these crimes are devastating to their victims...
Thomas Stephens and the condition of Konkani Today
Christianity came to India two thousand years ago. It is believed that it came because of the labours of St. Thomas the Apostle. But it remained mainly in the south of India which we today know as Kerala. India was not the same at that time. It was not simply one nation as we are today. Even what we...
Lessons and Choices at Hand
The discourse around the denial of permission to four higher secondary schools among other things to the Diocesan Society of education opens several widows to look at our Goan Society. One might say that the discourse centred on it is haunted by the spectre of absence. Absence or void has become the chief lens through which we seem to...
The Demographic Deficits and the Changing Political Role of the Goan Catholics
We are living in explosive times in Goa. Issues like Goan Identity, scarcity of land resources, special status, medium of instruction and a host of other concerns close to our hearts erupt from a profound sense of loss felt in different degrees by Goans. This sense of loss is complex but has a common thread that binds its different...
