Building on sand, literally and otherwise
By AMITA KANEKAR The Chief Minister’s response to the almost-daily reports of rampant illegal sand mining across Goa needs to be framed […]
On the death of a Queen
By JASON KEITH FERNANDES Queen Elizabeth II (ERII) is dead, and it appears as if the entire world – or at least […]
Thinking NOIDA Twin Tower Judgement, Thinking Goa
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA In the background of the NOIDA Twin Tower demolition, it is important to look at what is happening in […]
A Shortcut to Tipperary Review
By JASON KEITH FERNANDES Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to release A Shortcut to Tipperary […]
Independence as a long work-in-progress
By AMITA KANEKAR The declaration by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant during the Independence Day celebrations, that the Portuguese looted Goa for 400 […]
Dreaming Dignified Public Transport
I resume this column after a gap of six years, three of which – thanks to the pandemic which prevented smooth international […]
Code of Convenience: Politics of Uniform Civil Code
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA Goa’s ‘Uniform” Civil Code or the expression ‘uniform civil code’ seems to be bandied about by the ruling dispensation […]
In the Absence of a Democratic Culture
By AMITA KANEKAR The sociologist Dipankar Gupta recounts an amusing anecdote from the UK in his 2004 book, ‘Mistaken Modernity: India between […]
What’s going on in India? Contemporary perspectives from Portuguese India By Jason Keith Fernandes
Overview India seems to be scarily slipping into outright majoritarian rule where an apparent secular liberal democracy is transforming into a Hindu […]