what is goa
is it a place
a city, a state
or a state of mind ?
is it the sum total
of it's serene beaches
guest houses , hotels
architectural edifices
churches and quaint cafés
remnants of a Portuguese colony ?
is it a cocktail of Uraak, Feny beer and whiskey
chugged feverishly with a platter of fish & prawns
or is it an escape from
capitalism choked
struggles of life.
goa i reckon
lives between several centuries simultaneously
from the Kadambas ,
Bijapur Sultanate,
the Portuguese
and an overtly aspirational &
moderately exhausted india.
in irony of all ironies
its back to being under
a neocon fascist regime
packaged with the same
jingoistic nationalist flavor
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a month agoa_l_a_k_a_z_a_m
And despite that Goa is a symbol of cultural harmony. You northerners should come n learn something from us Goans. We look to the future not dig the past.
a month agoclintonpovo
The fact that you’ve posted of the cashew apple is again because of the Portuguese… they literally assisted the way India and the rest of the world consumes food and certain ingredients.
a month agoclintonpovo
We Goans still got our identity, the ‘facts’ that you’re speaking of was done by all kingdoms who were in power then, destroying of religious places and conversions .. take for instance the chola dynasty, Hinduism was spread to the east because of them. Just because a regime doesn’t suit your narrative, it doesn’t mean they’re wrong. The Portuguese did so much more for us. We were an overseas territory and not a colony, we had equal right and were safe . Compared to today’s government, our homeland is completely destroyed and ruined beyond recognition.
a month agoalroymenezes
Please read and understand the nuances of the Goa Inquisition. First off it wasn’t implemented in the whole of India. Only in Goa. Second and most important - the Inquisition primarily targeted the newly converted Christians, to ensure they were not practicing their ancestral religion. In Europe the targets were newly converted Jews and Muslims. In Goa the targets were newly converted Hindus and Muslims. The ancestors of Mangalorean Catholics were newly converted Hindus who belonged to Gaud Saraswat Brahmin and Kshatriya castes who were being prosecuted for practicing Hindu rituals that they imbibed into their practice of Christianity. This is a syncretic Catholicism that is widely practiced by different Christian groups across different parts of India till date that fuse Christian and Hindu rituals with Hindu caste and ancestry. This was seen as heretic / impure by the Inquisition. These new Christians escaped the Inquisition by fleeing Goa and migrating south towards South Canara and the Malabar coast. They continued being Catholics. That is why the Christian practices of Mangalorean Catholics are different from the practices of Goan Catholics even though they essentially belong to the same group of people. Think you can comprehend that? If you are going to make a serious attempt to understand history you must stop looking at things as black and white. There are a lot of greys. There are no permanent Heroes and Villians in real history, only in propaganda and biased narratives.
2 months agomountain_seekers_doon
Portuguese rule in the region eventually ended on December 19, 1961, when the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Vijay to liberate and annex the territory into the Indian Republic. The fight for freedom began in the 1940s as India inched closer to independence from British rule. But Goa remained a Portuguese colony until 1961, straining relations between India and Portugal as the former's support for the anti-colonial movement in Goa grew. In 1955, India even imposed an economic blockade on Goa. In 1961, the Indian army invaded the state after the Portuguese fired at Indian fishing boats, killing one fisherman. After 36 hours of air, sea and land strikes by the army, General Manuel Antonio Vassalo e Silva, governor general of Goa, signed the "instrument of surrender", handing over Goan territory to India.
2 months agomountain_seekers_doon
The Portuguese colonized Goa through a combination of superior naval technology, strategic local alliances, and the fragmentation of regional Indian powers. Their 450-year foothold in the region was secured in several phases: - The Initial Conquest (1510): Portuguese Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Sultanate of Bijapur with the help of Timmayya, a local Hindu pirate prince and ally who recognized the benefits of new leadership. Naval Dominance: The Portuguese capitalized on the weakness of inland regional powers by maintaining strict control over Indian Ocean trade lanes and maritime supply routes. Strategic Alliances: They forged calculated alliances—often siding with the Vijayanagara Empire against the Deccan Sultanates—to prevent any single local power from rising against them. Cultural and Religious Consolidation: The Portuguese solidified their presence by encouraging intermarriage, implementing a structured tax system, and aggressively enforcing Catholicism
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