[Goanet] Make Vivek Great Again (Mint, 18/1/2024)

2024-01-18 Thread V M
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/vivek-ramaswamy-s-best-shot-at-power-is-as-trump-s-campaign-partner-11705508835333.html An absurdist scenario has played out for months in the bizarrely binary racial politics of the US, with one Indian-American identifying as “Black” in the

[Goanet] Not Belonging with Geetanjali Shree (O Heraldo, 27/1/2024(

2024-01-27 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/details.php?n_id=217076 On January 22nd earlier this week - an historic day filled with complicated feelings - I had the distinct privilege and pleasure of talking and walking across the breadth of Panjim from Campal to Fontainhas in the company of the brilliant

[Goanet] Portuguese Racism through the Looking Glass (O Heraldo, 18/11/2023)

2023-11-18 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/PORTUGUESE-RACISM-THROUGH-THE-LOOKING-GLASS/213769 It’s not something to take very seriously as yet, but the distinct uptick in racism in Portugal has begun to target Goans in that country, as seen in the poster alongside this column, which began circulating widely

[Goanet] Adeus, amcho António (O Heraldo, 12/11/2023)

2023-11-12 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Adeus-amcho-Ant%C3%B3nio-Costa/213497 The final analysis is yet to be written, but we already know that António Costa’s shock resignation earlier this week brought an end to one of the most impressive political innings of the 21st century. When this master politician

[Goanet] The Emperor's New Tree (O Heraldo, 14/4/2024)

2024-04-15 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/The-Emperor%E2%80%99s-New-Tree/220134 Adding insult to injury in the ongoing massacre of green cover across the State, the giant old banyan tree uprooted at midnight from St. Inez for an alleged “Smart Road project” has been conspicuously relocated to

[Goanet] Galvanizing Cry (Mint Lounge, 19/4/2024)

2024-04-19 Thread V M
Remember the dead But do not mourn over them Because yesterday’s jasmines have dried. Forget not tomorrow’s birds. Though the knife is coated with honey Let not your tongue run over it. The hook lies hidden inside the bait Never forget it. The new life is begging from you. Give her in large

[Goanet] Renewing Goa’s French Connections (O Heraldo, 20/4/24)

2024-04-20 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Renewing-Goa%E2%80%99s-French-Connections/220375 An old and significant cultural crossroads hits another high point in its revival this evening, with the first edition of Thinnai Stories, an online series of conversations hosted by the distinguished Indo-Malagasy

[Goanet] Libby de Liberdade (O Heraldo, 28/4/2024)

2024-04-28 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/LIBBY-DE-LIBERDADE-/220727 In less than a month on May 25th, the great Libia “Libby” Lobo Sardesai will celebrate her 100th birthday. Unfortunately, like her childhood friend the late artist Francis Newton Souza – the two Goans grew up close to each

[Goanet] Back to the Future (GQ India, April/May 2024)

2024-05-09 Thread V M
https://www.gqindia.com/content/goas-buzziest-restaurants-praca-prazeres-and-larder-folk-traverse-the-european-continent-for-inspiration Just over a year ago, I found Ralph Prazeres uncharacteristically pensive behind the counter of his lively bakery-café near my home in Panjim, one of the

[Goanet] Follow the Money (O Heraldo. 17/3/2024)

2024-03-17 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/Follow-the-Money/219044 In what may yet be seen as the last gasp of India’s constitutional democracy, the Supreme Court’s rulings against the billion-dollar flow of anonymized electoral bonds have unexpectedly ripped the lid off an extraordinarily

[Goanet] Life Support for the Old GMC (O Heraldo, 9/3/2024)

2024-03-09 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Life-Support-for-the-Old-GMC/218714 It was not so long ago, but few people like to remember the magnificent Old Goa Medical College building on the Mandovi riverfront was given to Delhi-based realtors in 2007 to remake into “an upscale shopping mall.” This was done

[Goanet] In Dibrugarh with Damodar Mauzo (O Heraldo, 30/3/2024)

2024-03-30 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/In-Dibrugarh-with-Damodar-Mauzo/219565 Just one month after our own Goa Arts + Literature Festival, it was an honour to be invited alongside the beloved laureate of Konkani literature Damodar Mauzo to the first-ever Dibrugarh University International Literature

[Goanet] Souza, Again (O Heraldo. 31/3/2024)

2024-03-31 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/Souza-Again/219606 Just in time for his 100th birthday on April 12, the brilliant one-of-a-kind son of Saligao and all-time great artist Francis Newton Souza is back in the headlines. On March 20 at Christie’s auction house in New York, 36 of the late

[Goanet] India's Global Exodus (O Heraldo, 3/3/2024)

2024-03-03 Thread V M
https://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/By-invitation/India%E2%80%99s-Global-Exodus/218478 Here’s one of the most startling facts about our rapidly changing world: in 2023 alone, the United States caught and expelled 96,917 illegal immigrants from India along its borders with Canada and Mexico, an

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