• The Plural Social Sphere: Insights from Contemporary Indian Society 

  Somayaji, S.; Somayaji, G.; Coelho, J.P. (Routledge India. 2024; 288pp.)

  This book reiterates pluralism as the basic feature of the Indian social sphere. It highlights challenges to the continuity of the plural fabric of India's society and culture. Acknowledging that socio-political concerns ...
• The Indian Social Sphere: Institutions and Social Transformations 

  Somayaji, S.; Somayaji, G.; Coelho, J.P. (Routledge India. 2024; 212pp.)

  This book studies the social formation of India through the lens of religion, state, ethnicity, and governance. It provides a nuanced understanding of the structural as well as the processual aspects of the Indian social ...
• State, Refugees and Fuzzy Borders: Dialectics of Reciprocal Integration among Tibetan Refugees and Indian Hosts in Ladakh (Chapter 20) 

  Coelho, J.P. (Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations, Edi. by Ajaya K. Sahoo. 2024; 262-271.)
• Ethnicity, religion, and language: Locating nationalism and nation in the political thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak 

  Naik, P.S.; Desai, P.S. (Gandhi Marg. 46(2); 2024; 197-218.)

  Cultural nationalism is a variant of ethnic nationalism, and in Tilak's thoughts, there was a fusion of cultural, ethnic, and religious nationalism. Tilak endorsed the Indo-Aryan culture to proclaim the ethnic identity of ...
• Changing Dynamics of Goan Identity 

  Naik, P.S. (Inclusive. 2(25); 2024; 606-615.)

  The Goan identity is constantly in flux. The paper identifies three important dynamics influencing the evolution of Goan identity since liberation. The dynamics based on monolingualism shaped traditional Goan identity in ...
• Shuddhi and the Nav-Hindu in Goa: Dynamics of identity politics 

  Parobo, P.D. (South Asia Research. 44(3); 2024; 314-331.)

  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, ...
• 2024 ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ: ಪ್ರಗತಿಪರರ ಮುಂದಿರುವ ಸವಾಲುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಗಳು [ 2024 Sarvatrika Chunavane Phalitamsha: Prgatiparara Edirugiruva Savalugalu mattu Javabdarigalu] (2024 General Election Result: Challenges and Responsibilities before Progressives) 

  Desai, P.S. (Kembauta. 51(1-4); 2024; 59-65.)
• The marginalized, Christian Gawda Tribe of South Goa: Impact of Covid-19 and survival strategies 

  Fernandes, Mozinha (Journal of People's History and Culture. 10(1); 2024; 87-95.)

  The Goan society has a high standard of living along with few other states of India, but the tribes in the state still struggle for the necessities of life and work hard every single day to earn a living for their families. ...
• Redefining Redistribution And Bargaining:A Study of Interface of Democratic Politics and Development in India 

  Singh, Shilpa Surendra Pratap
• Transformation of the deities: Temples, caste and identity in Goa 

  Parobo, P.D. (South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 46(6); 2023; 1134-1150.)

  This article analyses the history of village deities in Goa from premodern times in order to understand the interactions between received traditions, the temple and the colonial state with regard to rights over temples and ...

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