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The Nightchild Nexus: October 2013

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Tuesday, October 8, 2013. The Journey Home" - INDIA CURRENTS (California - October 2013). In front of this? 8221; I asked, indicating the Mickey D’s behind me. “I know right? 8221; Andy said with that unforgettable chuckle in his voice. We laughed together at the delicious irony of the American fast food company dishing out such fare as the “McSpicy Paneer.”. Article can be seen here. Labels: Anand...

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The Nightchild Nexus: June 2014

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Monday, June 23, 2014. Some Other Country" - INDIA CURRENTS (California - June 2014). Night had fallen on Melbourne by the time I had gotten through immigration and customs. I made my. Way through the crowd of smiling people, some holding up “Welcome Home! And, without the benefit of a local referendum to ascertain the will of its people, was handed over to India. The rising anti-immigrant sentimen...

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The Nightchild Nexus: December 2013

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. The Difference between Deserts and Beaches: Sands of a Goan Childhood" - SEMANA DE CULTURA (Goa - 2013). No one else does. I don’t want it.” He stopped working on the kitchen cabinet he was fixing, and smiled. “It’s so that if you got lost, and we have to describe to people how to find you, we’ll be able to say: ‘He’s...8217;” No one else in the world, I mused....It took...

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The Nightchild Nexus: "She Sings Again" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (9 August 2015)

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Sunday, August 9, 2015. She Sings Again" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (9 August 2015). While in England, it was wonderful to hear news of Bardroy Barreto’s film Nachom-ia Kumpasar. Posted by the nightchild. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shared Threads and Savage Beauty - THE GOAN: Im. She Sings Again - THE GOAN: Im Not Here (9 Augu. THE VALLEY OF WORDS. Notes of an Itinerant Mendicant.

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The Nightchild Nexus: July 2015

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Sunday, July 26, 2015. The Past, Presently" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (26 July 2015). Painted four centuries after da Gama’s audience with the Zamorin, Salgado’s painting. Was meant to function. Nostalgically as a reminder of past glory. In so doing, the picture also reimagines the past, for the Zamorin is said to have been less than impressed with the goods da Gama brought along for the purpose...

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The Nightchild Nexus: December 2014

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. In Fact, Fiction" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (20 December 2014). What is one to make of Pai’s strange assertion that he is in possession of a photograph that shows the. Hindus of Goa handing over keys to the Portuguese in the sixteenth century? Posted by the nightchild. Labels: Goa Arts and Literary Festival. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Posted by the nightchild. The Goa ...

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The Nightchild Nexus: May 2014

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Matchmaker" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (24 May 2014). As chronicled in Songs of the Survivors. Was not to be there for his special day having passed on exactly a year ago. It was a bittersweet return for the family. “She’d had a good innings,” one of her daughters had said to me before she left for the family gathering in Goa. Posted by the nightchild. THE VALLEY OF WORDS.

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The Nightchild Nexus: August 2014

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Saturday, August 23, 2014. I Never Lived Here" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (23 August 2014). All the contents of this house have been boxed up, sold, or. Consider Aboriginal feminist writer Celeste Liddle’s distrust of Australia’s Recognise programme, which she describes as “a government-sponsored ad campaign removed from grassroots Indigenous opinion.”. Posted by the nightchild. THE VALLEY OF WORDS.

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The Nightchild Nexus: "The Past, Presently" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (26 July 2015)

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Sunday, July 26, 2015. The Past, Presently" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (26 July 2015). Painted four centuries after da Gama’s audience with the Zamorin, Salgado’s painting. Was meant to function. Nostalgically as a reminder of past glory. In so doing, the picture also reimagines the past, for the Zamorin is said to have been less than impressed with the goods da Gama brought along for the purpose...

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The Nightchild Nexus: October 2014

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A blog with diasporic proclivities: Goa and the World, South Asian Americana, and Afro-Asiatic connections. Saturday, October 25, 2014. The Last Days of Summer" - THE GOAN: I'm Not Here (25 October 2014). I stand outside my motel room on the balcony overlooking the swimming pool. Below, a cacophony of screams erupts as little children splash about in the water, bringing smiles to the faces of their adult guardians. They recall what it was like to be this young and carefree. Posted by the nightchild.