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Pamela D’Mello
Pamela D’Mello is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Why a proposed IIT campus in Goa has sparked farmer protests
The new campus is scheduled to come up on a forested hill that stands amid farmland and orchard plains crisscrossed by irrigation canals.
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This biography of Manohar Parrikar is more hagiographic than critical, and silent where it matters
In ‘An Extraordinary Life: A Biography of Manohar Parrikar’ the writers ignore many facts even as they try to assess the former Goa chief minister’s career.
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What archival footage from pre-Liberation Goa tells us about Portuguese propaganda
Maria do Carmo Piçarra’s extensive research shows how Portugal regarded its subjects.
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Trending
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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No plan to introduce inheritance tax, clarifies Congress after Sam Pitroda’s remarks trigger row
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Goa’s tiger deaths must be understood through its local politics and anti-conservation history
Last month, the death of four tigers at Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary was met with nationwide uproar.
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Goa’s ill-planned roads are splintering waterways, affecting villages and worsening floods
Several projects followed dodgy environmental impact assessments, claim critics.
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In Goa, community farming is being used to stave off the march of real estate development
Small farmers are joining hands to claim back arable land from builders, miners and coastal developers.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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In Goa, one village’s intense struggle to save a century-old lake stands on the brink of success
The residents of Santa Cruz have been fighting the real-estate lobby to protect Bandvol Lake.
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By splitting key ally in Goa, BJP signals it is willing to take hard decisions to stay in power
Even key BJP members are unhappy with the move to undermine their longtime partner, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
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Omar Abdullah, Congress criticise BJP after pictures show ailing Manohar Parrikar inspecting bridge
The Goa CMO on Sunday released photographs of the chief minister, seen with a nasal tube, inspecting a bridge under construction in Panaji.
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The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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The Goan-origin woman who fought for Angola’s freedom and was killed by its first government
A staunch Communist, Sita Valles was devoted to her politics and ideology until the day she was executed with gun shots in every limb.
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Goa BJP faces another challenge as former state RSS chief takes plunge into electoral politics
Subhash Velingkar’s Goa Suraksha Manch says it is counting on the support of ‘dissatisfied’ BJP cadre.
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As Goa cracks down on fish imports to restore consumer trust after formalin scare, trade takes a hit
Goans have kept away from fish markets after the Food and Drug Administration in July detected the carcinogen formalin in fish brought from neighbouring states.
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The Field
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century