The “nagrization” of Konkani—a term referring to the imposition of the Nagri (Devanagari) script as the singular, standardized form of the Konkani language in Goa—has sparked fierce debates about identity, culture, and linguistic hegemony. This phenomenon, often tied to upper-caste assertions of cultural purity, can be fruitfully examined through the lens of Slavoj Žižek’s rearticulation of the psychoanalytic concept...