I read your thesis and I have many observations to make, the first being post-colonial. It is a category made critical by writers in general and when applied to your work as a major theoretical frame it fits in some way, but leaves out an entire theoretical world they represented. If it interests you, we could discuss this theme and some other themes. Let me take a second look at the thesis with authors chosen and not chosen. All the best. William Robert Da Silva
On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM William Robert Da Silva <wrdsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have downloaded your thesis. After reading I will come in contact > with you again. All the best in your further work in the area. > William Robert Da Silva > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM smita sail <smitams...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear Gomes, > > > > Happy to hear from you. I loved reading your novel The Sting of > > Peppercorns. The realistic portrayal of the breakdown of elite Goan > > Catholic families post-liberation resonated with my research topic and I > > have made multiple references to your book in my thesis. Here is a short > > excerpt from my thesis chapter on Goan sensibility around Goa's liberation: > > > > "The novels bring to the fore the divided political loyalties within the > > families which was common during the pre-liberation period (Antao, 2010). > > These characters and the villagers in The Sixth Night are all reminiscent > > of Donna Georgina, the landlady of Lotulim, whom William Dalrymple > > describes in one of his essays on Goa. Donna Georgina Figueiredo, like many > > of her generation caught in the time wrap, refuses to accept the narrative > > of Goa’s liberation: “When Indians came to Goa in 1961 it was 100 percent > > an invasion. From what were they supposed to be liberating us? Not the > > Portuguese, because the Portuguese never oppressed us (2006, 8).” Like > > Donna Georgina, the educated characters in the novels lament the invasion > > of Goa, refuse to accept Goa as India and Goan’s as Indians, deepening the > > Identity crisis. Donna Georgina Figueiredo’s statement echoes with Dona > > Isabella for whom India was a “distant land with strange men in white Nehru > > caps, and the non-violent Gandhijis- the satyagrahis, who came across the > > frontier to claim her beloved Portuguese Goa.” (Gomes 2010, 34). Likewise, > > the character of Paulo in Sting of Peppercorn is moulded in the cast of > > Salazar’s ideologies and accepts the status of Goa as an integral part of > > Portugal since it’s not a colony like India when it was under the British > > (Gomes 2010, 34). The villagers in The Sixth Night wonder why they are > > being liberated or from what. They never felt they were slaves of the > > Portuguese. ‘Jai Hind’ failed to resonate with these villagers who went > > about their normal business unmindful of the developments (207). The author > > voices the apprehensions of Catholic Goans about the merger with India. > > They fear that “[t]heir Christian religion and Portuguese names would > > definitely be a hindrance and a liability in a Hindu India, as they would > > be discriminated against as a minority anyway. " > > > > PFA my thesis for your perusal. > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 10:54 PM Tony Gomes <tong....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dear Ms. Sail, > >> > >> Thank you very much for including my novel “The Sting of Peppercorns” in > >> your thesis on Select Goan Novels. I much enjoyed your read and > >> perspective on select Goan novels. However, I did not complete reading the > >> entire thesis; moreover, I am unable to reopen the link. Can you send the > >> link again or a PDF copy if you have one. > >> > >> All best, > >> Antonio (Tony) Gomes > >> Professor of Medicine, > >> The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY. > >> > >> On Apr 5, 2024, at 1:10 AM, smita sail <smitams...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> I wish to share my published work in the area of Goan History and its > >> depiction in Goan Literature. I would love to hear your views. I am also > >> open to opportunities for collaborative research in this or related areas. > >> Here is the link to my thesis titled "Religious Zeitgeist of Portuguese > >> Goa: Postcolonial Reading of Select Goan Novels": > >> https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/531606. > >> > >> Taylor Francis has also published my paper on "The Role of Purity and > >> Pollution Rituals in Religious Conversions of Goa during Portuguese > >> Colonization: A Probe through Select Goan Novels." Here is the link: > >> https://www.tandfonline.com/share/6KMTZVYBFVAJATVWB4SI?target=10.1080/1369801X.2022.2157308. > >> PFA the PDF. > >> > >> Regards > >> Smita Sail > >> Assistant Professor > >> Dept of English > >> Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru > >> Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham > >> Scopus ID: AU/ID 58023467000 > >> Orchid ID: 0000-0002-6059-6411 > >> Mobile: 8904632400 > >> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Smita-Sail > >> https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2022.2157308 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Goa-Research-Net" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> To view this discussion on the web, visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/216c661b-2016-4725-9eb3-460a260108den%40googlegroups.com. > >> <Religious Conversions of Goa TAYLOR Francis journal.pdf> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Goa-Research-Net" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> To view this discussion on the web, visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/26032EF3-9B6A-4C53-A2D0-78A6E513DB45%40gmail.com. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2BQ-s3s7v%2BU4zeHRx0bAAgtfjbU7wLiG%2BDSpcjQERM9nKsh0rA%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. 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