This paper contextualizes the Portuguese source Junta da Real Fazenda by placing it in the proper historiographical context. The source is studied in three phases: pre Pombaline, Pombaline and post Pombaline eras. The Goan ...

In a much-publicised event in 1928, a section of the Goan Catholics of tribal origin reconverted to Hinduism. In this highly charged political context, the act of shuddhi framed the event as a straightforward homecoming, ...