[Goanet] Replaying King Canute in India’s CRZ follies (Times of India, 30/1/2019)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/replaying-king-canute-in-indias-crz-follies/articleshow/67747285.cms Distinct echoes of the legend of King Canute last week, when the Union Ministry of Environment published its new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, drastically reducing the

[Goanet] New Dawn for Goan Architecture? (Times of India, 4/2/2019)

https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIGO%2F2019%2F02%2F04=Ar00705=2C3C077B=text (abridged) Some good news for the threatened built heritage of Goa last week, when Town and Country Planning minister Vijai Sardesai announced he would try to create

[Goanet] Panjim votes, India is at stake (Mint Lounge, 18/5/2019)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/panaji-s-place-in-the-sun-1558108867451.html In 2012, the late Manohar Parrikar stormed to dominance in Goa with an unprecedented majority in the state legislature, amidst an extraordinary annihilation of the political framework which had prevailed

[Goanet] The in-between African Goans (Mint Lounge, 20/4/2019)

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-in-between-world-of-the-african-goans-1555659088733.html *Why do you call me “guest”When here I have my home,When here my father lived and died,My mother too, and a brother?Their graves lie there within this City’s bounds,Where I myself

[Goanet] The Cossack of Currachee (Hindustan Times, 26/4/2019)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-the-selected-works-of-abdullah-the-cossack-by-hm-naqvi/story-AuLGtHJl3g1n8p5T14rJcN.html Alongside cryptic epigraphs from F. Scott Fitzgerald and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the only-partially-reformed slam poet H.M. Naqvi began his debut novel ‘Home Boy’ with a

[Goanet] Anatomy of an Airport Scam (Mint, 25/4/2019)

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/goa-turbulence-throws-light-on-mega-projects-1556208292034.html It’s déjà vu all over again in Goa, as the Supreme Court forcefully intervened on March 29 to suspend environmental clearance for the vast international airport project at Mopa in Pernem, the

[Goanet] Trashing the Magic of Charles Correa

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/trashing-the-magic-of-charles-correa-1564737541802.html Still reeling from the unprecedented flooding that paralysed Panaji last week, residents of Goa’s pocket-sized capital were further shocked and dismayed when the state minister of art and

[Goanet] Goa Submerged: Postcards from the Age of Climate Change (Mint, 20/8/2019)

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/living-on-the-edge-in-india-s-coastlines-1566239091032.html Earlier this month on August 6, all nine rivers of India’s smallest state spilled their banks and spread fast into paddy fields, then flooded right into villages and towns. Incessant, pounding rain and

[Goanet] Christianity’s Place in the Idea of India (HT, 23/8/2019)

https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-carpenters-and-kings-by-siddhartha-sarma-and-the-churches-of-india-by-joanne-taylor/story-Oj0cEgzMcAZCADmTSbZT3K.html Amidst India’s ongoing, ruthlessly executed telescoping of political power into unprecedented dominance for the BJP of Amit Shah and

[Goanet] Red Earth and Blue Tiles (Namaste Magazine, July 2019)

(original PDF attached) Just a little over five hundred years ago, in March 1510, the ruthless Portuguese naval tactician Afonso de Albuqerque mustered an armada of 23 ships loaded up with 1200 armed men, and sailed up the Mandovi river to try and seize the prized trading port of Sultan Yusuf

[Goanet] Wealth not Health in Goa: Niti Aayog (Times of India, 17/7/2019)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-gets-wealthier-but-citizens-health-plummets/articleshow/70251718.cms Shocking failures in Goa were highlighted by the Healthy States, Progressive India report released by Niti Aayog last week, with technical assistance provided by the World Bank.

[Goanet] Gau Wapsi (original title): Mint, 30/10/2019

https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-curious-case-of-goa-s-meat-eating-cows-11572427614148.html Mirth and consternation erupted nationwide last week after Goa’s cabinet minister Michael Lobo reported that cows in his constituency had developed stubbornly counter-intuitive dietary

[Goanet] ICG and Goa Writers invite you to Inauguration of The 10th Anniversary Edition of GALF, 5.30 pm on Thursday 5 December at Laran Lawns, ICG

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[Goanet] Imphal Talking (GQ, 12/2019)

https://www.gqindia.com/get-smart/content/why-manipurs-capital-imphal-is-indias-best-kept-cultural-secret Soft rain enveloped my footsteps the first time I walked the streets of Imphal to meet Ronid (Akhu) Chingangbam. The 38-year-old musician dropped me an internet pin to reach his recording

[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

[Goanet] Lessons from London's pollution revolution (Mint, 15/10/2019)

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/lessons-from-london-pollution-revolution-11571062442464.html TS Eliot wrote “April is the cruellest month” but for Delhi and most of North India it’s November that qualifies. That’s when air pollution spikes dramatically higher, from the year-round hazardous to

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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] 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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

Re: [Goanet] Avoiding Panic

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

[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

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] 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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

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

https://youtu.be/iBcEkl4vcGg

[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

[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

[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

[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

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] 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

[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)

[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

[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

[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] 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

[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

[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

[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

[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,

[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

[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

[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

[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] 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

[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

[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

[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

[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.

[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,

[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

[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] 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

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-

[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

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 Ameri

[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,

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

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