How the Rich and Famous and Looters of Goa use the Portuguese Civil Code.
(Gomantak TV, 21 July 2024)
Category: Discussions
Albertina Almeida: Difficult Dialogues, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEUQPSnty4
The panel was titled, “Empowerment with the family: Women and the Law.”
Albertina Almeida: Difficult Dialogues, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA6HJIoxbHQ
The panel was titled, “From Policy to Practice.”
Amita Kanekar: “One Nation, One Narrative?”
“Flashpoint 2019: One Nation, One Narrative?” Naresh Fernandes, Patricia Mukhim and Amita Kanekar in conversation with Samar Halarnkar at Goa Arts and Lit Fest, 2020.
Goa in the Indian Ocean World: A Space between Faiths, Empires, and Nations
Jason Keith Fernandes has been invited to participate in the Indian Ocean symposium, Georgetown University, Qatar, where he will present a paper entitled Goa in the Indian Ocean World: A Space between Faiths, Empires, and Nations.
For more information see the program.
Kaustubh Naik to present at the 18th Intl Conference on Maharashtra, UT Austin, USA
Kaustubh Naik will present his paper titled “Setting the stage: Aitihasik Natak and the Maharashtrawadi politics in 20th century Goa” at the 18th International Conference on Maharashtra to be held at the South Asia Institute, UT Austin, USA.
The theme for this year’s conference is Communication and Community in historic and Contemporary Maharashtra.
In the panel on Marathi theatre, Kaustubh will share his research on the history of Marathi theatre in 20th century Goa and its role in the Goan political sphere, especially in mobilising support for the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party in the sixties.
Abstract
In 20th century Portuguese Goa, the Hindu bahujan samaj, a conglomeration of marginalised caste communities, claimed Maratha identity, based on the social aspects of Shivaji’s polity and the concept of a warrior heritage. This paper traces the popularity of the historical plays based on Shivaji, performed by village collectives in temple spaces during annual fairs and ritual ceremonies throughout the 20th century. Specifically, I examine their role in consolidating communitarian identities and shaping regional consciousness by analyzing the tremendous electoral success of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Paksh, a regional political party that, in post-colonial Goa, sought to merge Goa with Maharashtra.