When ‘Dancing Girl’ gets a makeover in textbooks
The National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT) decision to digitally obscure the torso of the iconic 4,500-year-old “Dancing Girl” figurine in its new Class 9 arts textbook, Madhurima, raises troubling questions about how we choose to present history to young minds. The “Dancing Girl” of Mohenjo-Daro is one of India’s most recognisable archaeological artefacts dating back to the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Look beneath the surface of Goa’s water struggle
The monsoon season usually arrives in Goa with a flurry, drenching the State and testing the State’s disaster management preparedness. We have had years when the State has been battered, with trees uprooted and the landscape flooded. This year, however, is a different story. The rain is coming in trickles...
Come clean on smart meters
Late last week, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that the Goa government was pausing the rollout of smart meters after complaints, including from ministers, MLAs, and others within the BJP, began to mount against the seemingly arbitrary rollout and the high costs involved. Smart meters, the government said, was...
Custodial abuse: Act beyond suspensions of involved police
The grave allegations in the custodial assault case at the Maina-Curtorim police station, where five young men, including a minor, were reportedly stripped, unlawfully confined, and subjected to hours of brutal torture with rubber belts, strike at the very heart of policing. Coming less than a year after the shocking...
Talk of sports tourism in Goa, but no word on World Cup football
As stadiums across the United States, Canada and Mexico come alive for the FIFA World Cup 2026, nations across the world are expected to swing to the beats of football for over a month. Goa, however, for the first time, seems not to be in the football mood yet. In...
