[Reproduced from André Rafael Fernandes. 2010. When the Curtains Rise…Understanding Goa’s Vibrant Konkani Theater, Saligão, Goa: Goa 1556, by the author’s permission. This is an edited and abridged version.] Easter Sunday, April 17, 1892 is generally regarded as the date on which the first…

                                                                 Evdha kana saras bai jaate je maandave Evdha kana saras bai rava jo…

My association with Goa started in 1997. I finished my MA in Cultural Anthropology in Japan (my thesis was on the status of Christianity in India in the past and present). I had to decide on another topic for further fieldwork and research –- a kind of rite of passage in the discipline. I had…

                                                           Aala san basavticha Ugawala diwas aanandacha Dewa vas leti aasani Aadi maaye cha shambu…

Introduction: Modernity and the Tiatr According to Appadurai (1997: 1-3), the modern world we live in constitutes a break of all sorts with the past. Conventional social scientific theory regarded it as a break with tradition (including traditional gender relations), religion, ethnicity,…

Charles Correa (1930–2015) was one of the most important architects of post-Independence India. Born on the 1st September 1930 in Secunderabad, India, he studied in St Xavier’s College in Mumbai before doing his Bachelors in Architecture at the University of Michigan. Following this, he completed…

In his famous essay, ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’, published in the 1930s, Walter Benjamin makes a passing, but profound, comment about our experience of architecture. Benjamin suggests that, as with film, the work of architecture is usually experienced collectively…

Vishwas Gupta: I moved into Artists’ Village in 2000 as a permanent resident, but I owned a house from the allotment date, that is, 1987. My father was an artist, so it was allotted in his name. We used to frequently come on weekends and stay over here. But I formally moved in in 2000…

                                                                           Vaara sutala, dakshine cha Tara…

Vaadichya baajarat Amhala kadhi garaj kay saadiya chi Detile te saade (saadya) Thevile devaryat Utpad navrayacha kay lagnachya tya Vaadichya baajarat Amhala kadhi garaj kay mangalsutra chi Detil mangalsutra Thevile devaryat Utpad navrayacha kay lagnachya tya Vaadichya baajarat Amhala kadhi garaj…

The Goan tiatr has a rich history. It is 122 years old. It is something unique – a part of Goan culture. Tiatr has survived for 122 years and today, as the Tiatr Academy has been established by the government of Goa in the year 2009, tiatr is on [a] roll. The need for an academy was very much there…

This collection is sourced from Brazinho Soares, a veteran Konkani writer, tiatr artist, and an enthusiast of the Konkani language. Note: Brazinho Soares has made available the handbill of directors and writers, who are well-known personalities of the Konkani stage. As a result, the audience might…

  Paramparik Karigar, an association of craftspeople, has been working towards promoting and preserving Indian arts and crafts. It holds exhibitions and workshops, including design and marketing workshops, to ensure sustainable livelihoods and maintenance of quality of products. Sahapedia is…

Carving a global icon: The Nataraja bronze and Coomaraswamy’s legacy This paper attempts a historiography of the Nataraja bronze which famously came to wider international attention through Ananda Coomaraswamy’s (1912) essay, ‘Dance of Siva’, and his explorations into its symbolism; for which he is…

The Great Chola Temples: Thanjavur, Gangaikondacholapuram and Darasuram On 22nd April 1010, the 25th regnal year of the Chola king Arunmolivarman—better known by his title Rajaraja, ‘the King of Kings’—installed a gold-plated pot-finial on the summit of a monumental new temple in the city of…