Love in the time of love-laws
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA The potential of love to disrupt the status quo, in the interests of justice, is something that the courts […]
300 crore…Whose money? Who’s celebrating?
By AMITA KANEKAR So the Centre has given the Goa government 300 crore rupees to celebrate 60 years of “Liberation”. This generous […]
Election Wins are not Votes for Development
By DALE LUIS MENEZES The cancellation of the IIT project in Melaulim is a clear indication that the government can heed the […]
How India Sees Goa: Reflections in the 60th Year of Goa’s Annexation to India
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA Although Goa is politically part of Indian territory, the way the rest of India views Goa and its people, […]
Déjà vu at Sancoale
By AMITA KANEKAR Doesn’t the news that a puja was conducted at the old Sancoale church frontispiece bring back memories? The choice […]
The Meaning of Liberation in 2021
By DALE LUIS MENEZES This is not the first time that Goans in large numbers have questioned if Goa is truly liberated. […]
So what is this thing called Choice?
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA One is often non-plussed by the way the word ‘choice’ is used, be it by Hindu nationalists, by corporate […]
60 Years of ‘Liberation’: The Pressing Need for a Constitutional Contract
By THE AL-ZULAIJ COLLECTIVE Introduction The 19th of December 2020 marks the commencement of the sixtieth year since Goa was annexed to […]
Albertina Almeida: “Homogenisation: Assumptions and Consequences”
Albertina Almeida was one of two speakers at this session organised on 7th December, 2020, on “Homogenisation: Assumptions and Consequences,” which was […]
A Refusal to Break Bread
By AMITA KANEKAR It was widely reported – in practically all the Indian media reports on the farmers’ protest in Delhi of […]