In recent days we have in several ways heard the cry to return to Goa and Goan-ness. There has been a forgetting of Goa and Goan-ness that is rightly sought to overcome by these cries. This re-articulation of the primacy of Goa and Goan-ness seems to take place within the question of Justice. Maybe we are challenged to ask...
Politics and the Sources of our Goan Selfhood
The sources of our self are being used and abused by political parties to milk votes and come to power. To understand our plight it might be important that we understand the sources of our selves. Indeed, we have an inner core self but it draws a sense of itself from our culture, religion, land , caste, family, peers, ...
Facing our Political Present – I
Present is not politically neutral but is certainly politically pregnant. Our time is intense and we have to face its political challenge. We Goans have to face an inevitable politics of the moment. The very idea of Goa brings forth politics into our living present. Goa becomes several things to several peoples. This becoming of Goa is the...
