Goan-ness as Interrogation: Confronting Barbarism in the Age of Nationalism

In an era where civilizations congratulate themselves on having transcended barbarism, the resurgence of violence, exclusion, and mythologized identity under the banner of nationalism reveals a profound regression. India, and particularly Goa, stands at this crossroads. What was once hailed as enlightened progress democratic institutions, constitutional secularism, and cultural pluralism has morphed into its opposite: a administered conformity that...