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 ...

The standard meaning of democracy-a system of governance by the people, for the people, and of the people-has become a debatable narrative. The hesitation to enlarge the scope of democracy to all its beneficiaries or ...

This paper attempts to analyze the debate between the scholars concerning the nature of Virashaivism. While one category of scholars characterizes Virashaivism as anti-Brahmanical and anti-Vedic, another category of ...

Goa depicts good socioeconomic parameters for women with low infant mortality rate, high literacy rate, and a better sex ratio as compared to the all-India levels. However, as this chapter discusses, these alone are no ...