[Goanet] The Story of Flooding in the Language of Trees (Dhaka Tribune. 4/12/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/12/04/op-ed-the-story-of-flooding-in-the-language-of-trees We all know climate change is massively disrupting weather patterns all over the world, with especially devastating effects in our South Asian countries. But a new study released earlier this

[Goanet] Goa's Green Generation Next, (Mint, 4/12/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/inside-the-race-to-save-mollem/amp-11607008178992.html On 7 April and again on 15 April, even as “the world’s strictest lockdown" shuttered India behind closed doors, the National Board for Wildlife proceeded with two highly consequential meetings via videoconfe

[Goanet] Naked China (Scroll.in, 3/12/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/980122/chinas-first-major-comics-anthology-strips-away-stereotypes-indians-hold-of-their-giant-neighbour Back in 1995, just six years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, in the times when the city still spilled over every day with millions of bicycle commuters, I found m

[Goanet] Comic Book Quarantine (Mint Lounge, 2/12/2020)

https://lifestyle.livemint.com/relationships/raising-parents/as-the-pandemic-leaches-away-all-pleasures-at-least-we-still-have-comic-books-111606884521731.html As weeks blurred into months during this bleak pandemic year, my family’s routines became badly disrupted along with everyone else’s. On t

[Goanet] The Cosmic Kite comes back down to Earth (Dhaka Tribune, 27/11/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/11/27/op-ed-the-cosmic-kite-comes-back-down-to-earth Even by the atrocious standards of this *annus horribilis*, which is already spilling over with too much loss and longing, the news that Diego Maradona died on Wednesday (in his beloved Buenos Aire

[Goanet] The Indian Bird on the American Thanksgiving Table (Scroll.in, 26/11/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/979490/thanksgiving-day-how-an-indian-bird-made-its-way-to-the-american-dinner-table Of all the epic nomenclature failures in the history of “the New World” – think Columbus’s blithe dubbing of the Lucayan, Taíno, and Arawak peoples he confronted in 1492 as “Indians” – no

[Goanet] Salazar: The Dictator Who Would Not Die (Scroll, 21/11/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/979070/remembering-salazar-the-portuguese-dictator-who-refused-to-die-or-depart-from-goa-with-dignity On November 7, several hours after all the main broadcast networks, Fox and CNN on cable, and the Associated Press had all called the 2020 Presidential Elections for Joe

[Goanet] The Archivists of Assagao (GQ, November 2020)

https://www.gqindia.com/live-well/content/meet-chef-anumitra-ghosh-dastidar-and-shalini-krishan-the-duo-behind-goas-edible-archives As far back as anyone can remember, the narrow road from Mapusa – the market town of North Goa – dropped down towards the Arabian Sea at Anjuna by skirting dense wood

[Goanet] Indian Democracy on Trial (Dhaka Tribune, 20/11/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/11/20/op-ed-indian-democracy-on-trial Whatever else can be said about the shambolic disaster that is Donald Trump’s stubbornly delusional refusal to acknowledge the loss of this month’s US presidential election, there’s no doubt American courts are h

[Goanet] Kamala Harris and the Indian American breakthrough (Scroll.in, 5/11/2020)

https://scroll.in/global/977691/how-indian-americans-moved-from-the-fringes-to-the-us-political-mainstream On August 15, 1981, the very first India Day parade in US history rolled down Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Just a few simple floats trundled only 20 blocks before everyone dissipated back int

[Goanet] What will President Joe Biden mean for South Asia? (Dhaka Tribune, 29/10/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/29/op-ed-what-will-president-joe-biden-mean-for-south-asia Polls have been wrong before, but it’s looking increasingly certain that Donald Trump and his Republicans will decisively lose next week’s election. Early next year, Joe Biden and Kamala H

[Goanet] Welcome to the New World of Journalism (Scroll.in, 28/10/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/976965/in-welcome-to-the-new-world-a-glimpse-of-an-inclusive-usa-and-the-power-of-graphic-journalism Midway through *Welcome to the New World: Waking Up in Trump’s America*, the powerful, poignant new graphic novel based on the true-life story of the Aldabaan family from

[Goanet] Termites to Tiger: India’s Bangladesh Neuroses (Dhaka Tribune, 23/10/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/23/op-ed-from-termites-to-tiger-india-s-bangladesh-neuroses The full extent of India’s notably prickly paternalism towards Bangladesh erupted after the International Monetary Fund published its biannual *World Economic Output* report last week. T

[Goanet] REVIEW: How To Argue With A Racist (Scroll.in, 21/10/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/976334/to-argue-with-racists-a-british-geneticist-wants-to-help-readers-understand-science “This book is a weapon” is the first sentence of Dr. Adam Rutherford’s pacy, power-packed *How To Argue With A Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality*. Speaking directly to his

[Goanet] The Cynical Extinguishment of #MeToo in India (Dhaka Tribune, 15/10/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/15/op-ed-the-cynical-extinguishment-of-metoo-in-india Two years since the global “#MeToo” movement sparked off in India, when actress Tanusree Dutta publicised her (previously filed with the Cine & TV Artists Association) complaint that veteran ac

[Goanet] Jerusalema: The Lockdown Soundtrack (Scroll.in, 14/10/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/975720/jerusalema-why-a-south-african-song-has-become-the-soundtrack-to-a-world-in-lockdown Sometime during “the world’s strictest lockdown” in April, an eccentric video popped up on my Twitter feed. It showed a small group of young people starting into backyard lunch, th

[Goanet] Hathras and the Failure of the Indian State (Dhaka Tribune, 9/10/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/08/op-ed-hathras-and-the-failure-of-the-indian-state According to the Indian government’s own National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) at least one rape is reported every 16 minutes, and giant Uttar Pradesh registers around 10 cases per day, the abysm

[Goanet] The Trump-Biden Debate Debacle: Everyone Loses (Scroll.in, 7/10/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/975188/from-the-us-to-india-contemplating-the-death-of-democracy Even by the godawful standards of our seemingly never-ending *annus horribilis*, the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on September 29 was an excruciating lowlight. Bluster, bad bl

[Goanet] Springtime for Oligarchs (Dhaka Tribune, 2/10/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/01/op-ed-springtime-for-oligarchs Not everybody is experiencing what the World Bank says is the worst international contraction of the global economy since 1870, and potentially the greatest depression since any kind of records have been maintaine

[Goanet] Yeong-Shin Ma’s graphic novel 'Moms' and the Korean Wave (Scroll.in, 30/9/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/974451/reading-yeong-shin-mas-moms-to-understand-why-the-korean-wave-has-swept-through-parts-of-india In an especially unforgettable scene mid-way through *Parasite* – the savagely caustic 2019 hit movie directed and co-written by Bong Joon-ho – the middle-aged con woman

[Goanet] White Flags on Covid-19: India has given up (Dhaka Tribune, 24/9/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/09/24/op-ed-white-flags-on-covid-19 There is no global coronavirus emergency apparent when you visit Baba au Rhum, the popular bistro at the heart of the tourist strip of North Goa. India’s smallest state - and by far its most beloved resort destina

[Goanet] India and China in Interesting Times (Dhaka Tribune, 18/9/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/09/17/op-ed-india-and-china-in-interesting-times Much controversy this week, after an odd, and conspicuously dubious *Newsweek* report claimed “another brutal purge is coming” in Beijing, because the “People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has unexpectedly f

[Goanet] The Utopian's Manifesto (Scroll.in, 16/9/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/973201/dont-punch-nazis-rutger-bregmans-utopian-manifesto-for-living Last week as California burned apocalyptic orange, and India and China postured menacingly in the Himalayas, while Covid-19 rampaged out of control right to my door in Goa, I was reading Rutger Bregman’s

[Goanet] Jaipur Literature Festival Online: Amruta Patil

Please attend tomorrow's online session, introduced by Devdutt Pattnaik, where I will be in conversation with Amruta Patil about her graphic novels, writing and art... See the attached invite!

[Goanet] India in the Danger Zone (Dhaka Tribune, 11/9/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/09/11/op-ed-india-in-the-danger-zone A perfect storm of warning signs are converging in India, with devastating implications for the future. The pressing concern is Covid-19, as new records are set each day for the most cases in any country . But the

[Goanet] Vasudeo Gaitonde and Indian Art’s Scholarship Deficit (Scroll.in, 9/9/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/972589/why-the-vs-gaitonde-painting-that-sold-for-4-35-million-doesnt-mean-indian-art-world-is-thriving Even as the global economy grinds backwards into recession, and Covid-19 rampages across India to devastating effect, the apex of the country’s art marketplace continue

[Goanet] Ai Weiwei’s Pandemic Masterpiece (Dhaka Tribune, 4/9/2020?

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/09/03/op-ed-ai-weiwei-s-pandemic-masterpiece Cleaving through the disinformation that is bombarding the world during our pandemic predicament, Chinese art superstar Ai Weiwei’s new documentary is an astonishing feat of truth-telling, and a landmark i

[Goanet] Judgement Day: Z-Axis 2020

https://scroll.in/article/972043/nightwalkers-glide-through-tier-iii-towns-how-can-india-heal-its-coronavirus-ravaged-cities A few days ago, the outstanding poet and translator Mustansir Dalvi (also Professor at the Sir JJ School of Architecture, where he has been on the faculty for 17 years) rele

[Goanet] The Souza Evolution (GQ India, August 2020)

https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/the-souza-evolution In the middle of May, earlier this year, an important moment in Indian art history played out in the unlikely location of Safed, perched high in the mountains of Galilee in Israel. The young Goan-British-Israeli artist Solomon Souz

[Goanet] India's 21st Century Man: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/20/op-ed-ms-dhoni-india-s-21st-century-man Rather fitting that Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, which was the 73rd Independence Day of India. Ever since he first represented the country at the

[Goanet] Kamala Harris: Black and White in Indian America (Scroll.in, 19/8/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/970761/in-kamala-harriss-faded-70s-photo-a-reminder-of-the-racial-journey-of-17th-century-us-desis On August 12, after exultantly tweeting the *New York Times*, *Washington Post* and *Daily News* front pages - each one emblazoned with banner headlines that heralded Joe Bi

Re: [Goanet] A South Asian in the West Wing? (Dhaka Tribune, 13/8/2020)

Thank you, Bhai! On Thu, 13 Aug 2020, 21:34 Damodar Mauzo, wrote: > Very insightful piece, Vivek. You bring home hope. > Bhai > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:08 PM V M wrote: > >> >> https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/13/op-ed-a-south-asian-in-the-wes

Re: [Goanet] A South Asian in the West Wing? (Dhaka Tribune, 13/8/2020)

Sincere apologies for spamming via CC. These are the perils of working from my phone. Really sorry! VM On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:07 PM V M wrote: > > https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/13/op-ed-a-south-asian-in-the-west-wing > > History in the making in American

[Goanet] A South Asian in the West Wing? (Dhaka Tribune, 13/8/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/13/op-ed-a-south-asian-in-the-west-wing History in the making in American politics, as Joe Biden – the Democrat favoured to win this year’s Presidential election – selected Kamala Harris as his running mate. Their combination sparks instant elect

[Goanet] Judgement Day - Midnight's Family: 70 Years of Indian Artists in Britain (Scroll, 12/8/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/970097/in-ambitious-midnights-family-virtual-art-exhibition-unwieldy-conceptual-baggage-blurs-the-picture As though in preparation for our pandemic times, the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in St. John’s Wood in London (it was initially established in that city’s East End in

[Goanet] August 5 and the Politics of Rancour (Dhaka Tribune, 7/5/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/06/op-ed-august-5-and-the-politics-of-rancour Only the seniormost leadership of the BJP knows for sure if there’s astrological significance to 5 August, but everyone is now fully aware it’s when Narendra Modi chooses to rewrite history. Last year

[Goanet] Miss Ferns and the Secret History of Indian Modernism (Scroll, 5/8/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/969482/miss-ferns-and-the-hidden-history-of-indian-modernist-art More than 100 years after being drawn by Antonio Xavier Trindade - the masterly portraitist and early Indian faculty member of the Sir JJ School of Art in colonial Bombay - an elegant and consequential nude

[Goanet] The End of Our American Dreams (Dhaka Tribune. 31/7/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/07/30/op-ed-the-end-of-our-american-dreams >From the distance of thousands of miles, it has been both breath-taking and distressing to watch the United States of America haemorrhage its prestige away, in what seems like just a few blinks of the eye.

[Goanet] Book Review: Flake by Matthew Dooley (Scroll.in, 29/7/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/968838/making-the-horror-more-bearable-wodehouse-prize-winner-matthew-dooley-explains-why-humour-matters Although still interchangeably called “comic books”, the exploding genre of graphic novels has far outgrown its origins in cartoon strips and the funny pages of daily

[Goanet] Vaccine Dreams: The Pandemic End Game? (Dhaka Tribune, 24/7/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/07/23/op-ed-vaccine-dreams-the-pandemic-end-game Even as Covid-19 spikes dramatically in the subcontinent, there are unmistakable indications of light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Earlier this week, two broad serological surveys – tests that l

[Goanet] Once In A Lifetime (Scroll.in, 22/7/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/968196/how-rene-redzepi-created-noma-and-became-the-steve-jobs-of-the-restaurant-world Gathering force throughout the first two decades of the 21st century, an epochal change radically remade the dominant paradigms of the highest end of the food industry. Previously, l

[Goanet] Boa Vida on the Balcão (Vogue, July 2020)

(PDF attached, no link available) Moonbeams filter through the coconut palms. A young man ardently strums his guitar on a balcony, with his muse perched behind a phalanx of protective chaperones. The elders sit back and listen with glasses of port in their hands, even as the family matriarch looks

[Goanet] Himalayan Blunders: Is India Losing Nepal? (Dhaka Tribune, 16/7/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/07/16/op-ed-himalayan-blunders-is-india-losing-nepal After months of old-fashioned border disputes and relatively familiar counter-claims of geopolitical bad faith, India-Nepal relations took a surreal detour into the realms of mythology earlier this

[Goanet] Straight Outta Kalahandi (15/7/2020, Scroll.in)

Excited to share the first in a weekly series of columns of criticism/reviews for Scroll.in. From now on, every Wednesday is Judgement Day! - https://scroll.in/article/967480/straight-outta-kalahandi-with-raw-rhymes-a-rapper-brings-breaking-views-from-odisha-to-the-world

[Goanet] The Konkan Culinary Kaleidoscope (Hindustan Times, 11/7/2020)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/the-konkan-culinary-kaleidoscope/story-Wi83Fmz9g83mb8dyQpqlxL.html Ethnographic singularities abound in the Konkan. Famously open to the world throughout history, this narrow (never more than 50 kilometers wide) coastline on the Arabian Sea has peacefully abso

[Goanet] Pandemic Unleashed: Covid-19 in South Asia (Dhaka Tribune, 10/7/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/07/09/op-ed-pandemic-unleashed-covid-19-in-south-asia After Italy and Iran,

Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] Toil and tears on the salty seas... a tribute to the Goan seafarer (Fr Anthony Fernandes)

Empathetic + excellent. Thanks, Fr. Anthony! On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 5:03 AM Goanet Reader wrote: > Fr Anthony Fernandes > pas...@gmail.com > > Seeing photos in the media of the 'Celebrity Infinity' cruise > ship docked at the Mormugao Port, Goa, on June 19, 2020, made > my eyes go moist. It br

[Goanet] The Match That Gave India Wings (Mint, 25/6/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/sports/cricket-news/revisiting-1983-the-pivotal-match-that-gave-wings-to-indian-cricket-11593133209915.html Precisely 37 years ago, everything changed when Kapil Dev’s motley crew of veterans and journeymen pulled off an improbable series of upsets to hoist the 1983 Crick

[Goanet] Borders Don't Matter (In The Age of Climate Change): Dhaka Tribune, 26/6/2020

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/06/25/borders-don-t-matter-in-the-age-of-climate-change Another tense week in the Himalayan heights where India and Chinese territory meet, after troops from the giant neighbours bludgeoned and killed each other in hand-to-hand combat on the night o

[Goanet] Art, Literature, Culture, Politics: Please consider joining my public session tomorrow

-- Forwarded message - From: Varun Hegde Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:31 PM Subject: Soul Travelling - Taking Goa to the World with Vivek Menezes Live Session Hello, Goa is so much more than the frivolous nights of loud music and beaches with sides of beers. Goa has a vibrant c

[Goanet] Moonlight Massacre: The Great Game Resumes (Dhaka Tribune, 19/6/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/06/18/the-moonlight-massacre Without a single shot fired, at least 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops killed each other in scarcely believable hand-to-hand combat in the Himalayas on Monday, earlier this week. Capping severa

[Goanet] João Leão and Goa’s European Vanguard (Mint, 15/6/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/jo-o-le-o-and-goa-s-european-vanguard-11592198190362.html Even as the rest of the West convulses itself about systemic racism and the importance of adequate representation, the government of Portugal has added its third senior minister of Goan and Indi

[Goanet] The Politics of Iconoclasm (Dhaka Tribune, 11/6/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/06/11/op-ed-the-politics-of-iconoclasm Christopher Columbus lost his head this week. The 15th century Genoese explorer’s statue in Boston was beheaded on Wednesday and will be moved into storage. Meanwhile, two other statues of the colonizer who (mis

[Goanet] #BlackLivesMatter Beyond The Hashtag (Dhaka Tribune, 4/6/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/06/04/blacklivesmatter-beyond-the-hashtag Tremendous ironies abound in the global outpouring of anger, solidarity and opportunistic virtue signaling after the pitiless murder of 46-year-old George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis ten days ago.

[Goanet] Learning from Lockdown (Dhaka Tribune, 28/5/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/05/28/learning-from-lockdown We now know Covid-19 simultaneously attacks all vulnerabilities in its victims. Any one of them can prove lethal: lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, brain, nervous system. In uncannily similar ways, the global coronavirus eme

[Goanet] The Lockdown Alphabet by Goa Writers (Scroll.in, 23/5/2020)

*Duxkallant teravo mhoino* said our elders in Konkani, “a thirteenth month in times of famine.” That earthy pragmatism girds the Goa Writers group’s response to the coronavirus emergency. We redoubled communication amongst ourselves, with its unbouded mutual support and encouragement, then created

[Goanet] The Strongman Follies (Dhaka Tribune, 21/5/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/05/21/the-strongman-follies The great calamity of our times is the global coronavirus emergency coincided with authoritarian governance in crucial countries. For example, earlier this week, Brazil recorded almost 20,000 new cases in 24 hours, as well

[Goanet] Return of Indenture (The Caravan, 15/5/2020)

https://caravanmagazine.in/commentary/coronavirus-lockdown-return-of-indentured-bonded-labour-indian-industry On 2 May, my home state of Goa opened registration for migrants stranded by the nationwide lockdown, who wanted to cross state borders and return to their families. Huge numbers lined up i

[Goanet] Postcards from a Green Zone (Dhaka Tribune, 15/5/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/05/14/postcards-from-a-green-zone Goa is on the go again. India’s smallest state was the first to declare itself “Covid-19 free” last month, which allowed its administration to considerably ease lockdown. Over the past fortnight, most people went bac

[Goanet] Abandoned and Betrayed: Overseas Citizens of India (Mint, 11/5/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/overseas-citizens-of-india-feel-abandoned-betrayed-11589215214871.html Earlier this week, the Modi government announced “the world’s largest evacuation.” Air India, Air Force jets and Navy warships are being deployed to bring back 1.8 million Indians. But millio

[Goanet] Incredible India Goa Webinar (7/5/2020

https://youtu.be/iBcEkl4vcGg

[Goanet] What Would Aliens Think? (Dhaka Tribune, 8/5/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/05/07/what-would-aliens-think Distracted as we are by the global coronavirus emergency, relatively few people paid any attention on April 27, when the Pentagon declassified and shared its spectacular video footage of unidentified flying objects (UFOs

[Goanet] Literature Festivals in the Age of Contagion (Hindustan Times, 7/5/2020)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/literature-festivals-in-the-age-of-contagion/story-iea74Cv5uwTLqE433bWTZM.html Proximity was always the point. Just over a decade ago, when the eminent Konkani writer Damodar “Bhai” Mauzo and I originated the idea of our vibrant Goa Writers group hosting an art

[Goanet] Snowcaps to Arabian Sea: How Algal Blooms threaten our Food Chain (Mint, 4/5/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/snowcaps-to-arabian-sea-how-algal-blooms-threaten-our-food-chain-11588510253145.html India continues to grapple with the coronavirus emergency, but another grave threat to public health is the focus of a dramatic *Nature Scientific Reports* study released o

Re: [Goanet] My Mango is Better Than Yours!

brought over by the British and Portuguese as well. I love the song you shared. Many thanks for it. So, Embe Dodo is a mango species? Do the words mean anything else in Swahili? Warm regards, VM On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM Mervyn Lobo wrote: > > On Saturday, May 2, 2020, 02:53:26 a.m. CD

[Goanet] My Mango is Better Than Yours! (Mint Lounge, 2/5/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/my-mango-is-better-than-yours-11588343807581.html Last weekend, my phone buzzed incessantly with social media alerts. It doesn’t happen often. I have less than 1,700 Twitter followers. But we are at the cusp of mango season, the annual fruit-crazed fol

[Goanet] by Arti Das: The Lockdown Journals from Goa Writers (Hindu, 2/5/2020)

https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/the-goa-writers-group-is-blogging-about-the-lockdown/article31487186.ece The nationwide lockdown has changed how we live our lives, with anxiety and uncertainty often taking over as we stay confined within four walls. In Goa, 50-odd people are making th

[Goanet] Tracking the Biggest Story of All (Dhaka Tribune, 30/4/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/04/30/tracking-the-biggest-story-of-all When the time comes for South Asia to look back at this year’s astonishing disruptions, the biggest story won’t be coronavirus, because the contagion will be behind us by then. Much greater and more lasting imp

Re: [Goanet] Democracy Dies in Darkness (Dhaka Tribune, 23/4/2020)

Thank you for reading, Venantius. All the best! VM On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:31 PM Venantius J Pinto wrote: > > Splendid narrative, practically allegorical! > > Thank you > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 8:21 PM V M wrote: >> >> https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/o

[Goanet] Life After Lockdown? (Mint, 24/4/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/postcards-from-edgy-post-lockdown-goa-11587659042130.html This week kicked off in celebratory style with “Goa has become Corona free as on 19th April 2020” emblazoned across full-page advertisements in every newspaper. Chief minister Pramod Sawant posted on Twit

[Goanet] Democracy Dies in Darkness (Dhaka Tribune, 23/4/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/04/23/democracy-dies-in-darkness Long before the Washington Post adopted ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ as its first official slogan in 140 years, the powerful phrase was associated with government skullduggery. It originated during Watergate, the stun

[Goanet] The Lockdown Journals from Goa Writers (Navhind Times, 22/4/2020)

http://www.navhindtimes.in/thoughts-to-ponder-on/ For many, the lockdown imposed on the state of Goa has provided ample time (when not worrying about grocery availability) for relaxation and indulging in hobbies like cooking, writing, and the like. The sombre situation around the country and inde

[Goanet] The Sausage Men of Miramar (Mint Lounge, 18/4/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-sausage-men-of-miramar-11587135749294.html The first time my family visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, we whipped through at high speed. Masterpieces by Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt flitted past the corners of our eyes. I recall

[Goanet] Lockdown, 1556 (Scroll.in, 17/4/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/958046/the-art-of-solitude-how-lockdown-in-16th-century-goa-helped-one-man-create-a-portuguese-epic-poem All day this past week, my mind returned to dwell upon this cryptic, intriguing 16th century painting (attached), rendered from life during the lowest ebb of its subje

[Goanet] Coronavirus: The Case Against China (Dhaka Tribune, 16/4/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/2020/04/16/the-case-against-china We might agree that Donald Trump is an egregious racist, who is desperately seeking scapegoats for the disastrous consequences of his own mismanagement of the coronavirus emergency. But just as every stopped clock gets the time

[Goanet] The End of Progress (And The Return of Keynes): Dhaka Tribune, 11/4/2020

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/04/11/the-end-of-progress-and-the-return-of-keynes ? We are all Wuhan. The world has followed inexorably in the tracks of that Chinese city since it first reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 (aka COVID-19) at the end of 2019. Earlier this week, it opened up

[Goanet] India's Siege Within (The Guardian, 8/4/2020)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/india-leaders-coronavirus-lockdown Miramar beach sprawls desolate outside my home in Panjim, the capital of Goa. April is domestic tourist season in India’s smallest state, usually characterized by crowds. I’m accustomed to winding through mass

[Goanet] It's Partition, All Over Again (Dhaka Tribune, 3/3/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/04/02/it-s-partition-all-over-again Staggering scenes of desperation are playing out across South Asia this week, amongst millions of migrant workers stranded by the coronavirus emergency. Caught between lockdown and transport bans, huge numbers have

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gt; > > *THIRD Your Piece on What the Leadership is doing in **KERALA & > MAHARASHTRA * > > Message: 2Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:34:07 +0530 > From: V M To: V M > Subject: [Goanet] Coronavirus Competence: The Kerala Model (Dhaka > Tribune, 27/3/2020) > Message-

[Goanet] The Disgraceful Bungling of Lockdown Goa (Mint, 30/3/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/opinion-lockdown-in-goa-govt-s-own-missteps-in-india-s-tourist-haven-11585506152456.html Anxiety reigns in India’s smallest state, as its confused, unprepared administration has comprehensively mismanaged the nationwide lockdown into an explosive soci

[Goanet] Floyd Cardoz: Goa's Top Chef (Times of India, 28/3/2020)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/cardoz-was-irrepressibly-enthusiastic-about-his-culinary-heritage/articleshow/74847849.cms The first time I set eyes on Floyd Cardoz, he was carrying an entire deer carcass. It wintertime in New York City, at the 1996 “Sustainable Cuisine Di

[Goanet] The Indispensable Modernist: Francis Newton Souza (Mint Lounge, 28/3/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-indispensable-modernist-francis-newton-souza-11585310147169.html Precisely 18 years ago, the tumultuous and meteoric life of Francis Newton Souza came to an end. The great Indian modernist had been based in New York for decades but died on 28 March

[Goanet] Floyd Cardoz: The Pathbreaker of Indian Cuisine (Mint, 26/3/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/floyd-cardoz-epitomized-contemporary-rise-of-fine-dining-11585230253497.html The loss of Floyd Cardoz to the coronavirus deprives India of its most famous and influential 21st century culinary ambassador. Just 59 years old, the highly skilled and ceaselessly inn

[Goanet] Coronavirus Competence: The Kerala Model (Dhaka Tribune, 27/3/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/2020/03/26/can-the-kerala-model-help-us-fight-covid-19 All this week in South Asia, amidst immense human suffering caused by nearly two billion people retreating from the streets in panicked flight from the coronavirus emergency, two Indian leaders stood out by

[Goanet] Travel in the Age of Contagion (Mint Lounge, 21/3/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/travel-in-the-age-of-contagion-1158512510.html An unfamiliar sound assaulted my ears this past week, on the daily sunset walks I take along Miramar beach in Panjim, the capital city of India’s smallest state. An established epicentre of budget tour

[Goanet] Generational Blowback in the Age of Contagion (Dhaka Tribune, 19/3/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/03/19/a-generational-blowback-in-the-age-of-contagion Despite being almost two weeks into its nationwide lockdown, Italy lost 475 people to the coronavirus in 24 hours this Wednesday, the largest single-day jump in any country since the global pandem

[Goanet] Life in the Time of Corona (Dhaka Tribune, 13/3/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/03/12/life-in-the-time-of-corona Three days ago, even as countries across the West began implementing a series of shocking, unprecedented policies triggered by the global coronavirus emergency, Bruno Maçães made a remarkable prediction. The acclaimed

[Goanet] Café Nostalgia in Fontainhas (CNTIndia.com, 6/3/2020)

https://www.cntraveller.in/story/goa-restaurant-food-family-vasco-da-gama-cafe-nostalgia-panjim/ The first time I walked into Panjim’s delightful new Café Nostalgia, the bossa nova classic *Águas de Março*was playing on the stereo. “It’s the end of the strain, the joy in your heart” is Antonio Ca

[Goanet] Illiberal Democracy: Government against the People (Dhaka Tribune, 6/3/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/2020/03/05/illiberal-democracy-a-government-against-the-people When chaotic mob violence exploded across New Delhi, Premkant Baghel noticed his Muslim neighbour’s house was engulfed by flames. The 29-year-old dived into the inferno, quickly rescued five members

[Goanet] Every Country, Zindabad! (Dhaka Tribune, 28/2/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/02/27/every-country-zindabad In the dramatic downward spiral of Indian democracy, another depressing lowlight occurred last week, when 19-year-old student Amulya Leona Noronha was pulled offstage from a multi-religious protest, organized in Bangalore

[Goanet] Old Tehran in New Caranzalem (CNTIndia.com, 26/2/2020)

https://www.cntraveller.in/story/schandis-new-goa-restaurant-panjim-brings-flavours-of-tehran/ At the outskirts of Panjim, on an especially bucolic stretch of Caranzalem beach, is an unmistakable corner of Old Tehran. Wait, what? How does that even make sense? But reality is the dense, dark *ghorm

[Goanet] The Diminished Politics of Demographic Deficit (Dhaka Tribune, 22/2/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/02/21/the-diminished-politics-of-demographic-deficit You may not like the United Kingdom’s eccentric, right-ward political skewing, but there’s plenty to appreciate in its relatively inclusive democracy. A record 34% of Members of Parliament are wome

[Goanet] New Life in Old Goa (GQ, February 2020)

https://www.gqindia.com/live-well/content/the-coolest-things-to-do-in-old-goa-if-youre-visiting-in-february-march-2020 An enduring mystery abides in Old Goa, the district of 16th-18th century architectural masterpieces spilling down to the Mandovi riverside, including the largest church and conven

[Goanet] The Song of Solomon (GQ, February 2020)

https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/the-song-of-solomon Even as 2019 faded to black, I became complicit in a fast-paced project playing out on the facades of buildings across my hometown of Panjim, as well as the annals of Indian art history. This plot twist featured an extraordinary cas

[Goanet] 70 Years of Ambedkar’s Transformative Constitution (Dhaka Tribune, 31/1/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/01/30/70-years-of-ambedkar-s-transformative-constitution Albert Einstein referred to Mahatma Gandhi when saying, “generations to come will scarce believe that such a man ever in flesh and blood walked on this earth” but the sentiment applies equally

[Goanet] The Best Chef You've Never Heard Of... (Mint Lounge, 18/1/2020)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/goa-s-best-chef-is-a-secret-11579271229167.html *The history of the world is on your plate, all food is the expression of a long struggle and a long story.*– Anthony Bourdain The best restaurant you’ve never heard of is tucked under a colonnaded bal

[Goanet] From Goa to Bangladesh (Dhaka Tribune, 17/1/2020)

https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/01/17/from-goa-to-bangladesh *I grew up believing in the truth of the precepts that were available to me: I believed in the reality of space; I believed that distance separates, that it is a corporeal substance; I believed in the reality of nations a

[Goanet] Kristallnacht in New Delhi? (Dhaka Tribune, 10/1/2020)

(my first weekly column for the excellent Dhaka Tribune) https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/01/09/kristallnacht-in-new-delhi No serious student of history (I have two degrees in the subject) levels comparisons between eras lightly. But what’s happening in India is undeniably similar

[Goanet] Brendan Fernandes: Let There Be Love (Scroll, 2/1/2020)

https://scroll.in/article/948502/the-art-of-resistance-brendan-fernandess-mog-asundi-is-a-message-of-love At the very end of an excruciatingly painful year punctuated by mass protests and the hateful politics of exclusion in so many places across the world, a very beautiful multidimensional artwor

[Goanet] Mundo Goa Dialogues @ Serendipity Arts Festival

Dear friends, Please do attend this interesting slate of introductions + discussions, as well as the first-ever Serendipity Arts Festival Open Mikes! There's an amazing line-up, and access is very convenient to the Art Gallery @ Maquinez Palace (the Entertainment Society of Goa premises next to th

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