We need Electoral Reforms, not Circuses
By AMITA KANEKAR The run-up to Goa’s elections 2022 has been, as expected, like a bad joke, a circus of promises (the […]
Should a criminal record be a criteria for elections?
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA There is much discussion around about whether a person who is undergoing trial for criminal charges should contest elections. […]
हिंदू कॅथॉलिक एनकॉउंटर्स – गोव्यातल्या संकीर्ण धार्मिक जाणीवेचा शोध
By KAUSTUBH SOMNATH NAIK/कौस्तुभ सोमनाथ नाईक २०१३ साली तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री स्व मनोहर पर्रीकर ह्यांनी एका मुलाखतीत ‘गोव्यातील कॅथॉलिक समाज हा सांस्कृतिकरीत्या हिंदू […]
रीफिगरिंग गोवा – गोव्याची मार्क्सवादी मांडणी
By KAUSTUBH SOMNATH NAIK/कौस्तुभ सोमनाथ नाईक मानव्यशास्त्रांतून गोव्याविषयी जे काही लिहिले आहे त्यात गोव्याच्या इतिहासाची तसेच समाजजीवनातील क्लिष्टता व विरोधाभास ह्या दोन […]
Goa Elections 2022: A time to focus on issues
By AMITA KANEKAR The election scenario before Goans has perhaps never looked grimmer. We need change, most ordinary Goans would agree. But […]
‘Mandir Sanskriti’ or the Indian Constitution?
By AMITA KANEKAR So Chief Minister Pramod Sawant wants to rebuild the temples destroyed by the Portuguese. And, at a time when […]
Where There is A Will, There is a Way
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA In view of emerging situations in Goa regarding the application of family laws of Goa, it strikes me that […]
Anti-Reservations and Pro-Reservations, at the same time
By AMITA KANEKAR I have written in the past about how the policy of caste-based reservations enjoined by the Constitution is systematically […]
Spot the Difference
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA As kids growing up, we would be presented with two similar pictures and asked to spot the difference. While […]
The Slippery Slope
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA Oftentimes, we are so obsessed with ourselves and our aspirations, demands and objectives, that we do not realise that […]