Shweta Ghosh
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Olivinho J.F. Gomes
Fortuitous yet happy circumstances introduce into Konkani the Roman script brought in by mainly the Portuguese missionaries, which it adopts readily for its writing, employing some diacritical marks to make the pronunciation of this exotic language readable to its young neophytes brimming with…
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Dale Luis Menezes
Konkani is a language with a complex and much-contested history. It is one of the few Indian languages to be written in five scripts—Roman, Nagari, Kannada, Persian-Arabic and Malayalam-and also has an extensive oral literature. While the language continues to be a site of political contestation it…
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Shweta Ghosh
What shall I tell you, my lady, of the secrets of nature I have learned while cooking?
One can philosophize quite well while preparing supper.
I often say, when I have these little thoughts…
Had Aristotle cooked, he would have written a great deal more!
~Juana Ines de la Cruz
Khana and…
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Shweta Ghosh
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Ajoba, my maternal grandfather, takes a sip of steaming tea. Eyes twinkling with nostalgia, he says, “The journey on the Konkan rail is mesmerizing. Tunnels and tunnels!! And it is greener than you can imagine.”
I listen with rapt attention and make a mental note. Ten years later, I…
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