‘Post Liberation Goa: Disruption, loss and the search for renewal’ a talk by Ms. Maria Aurora Couto at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 15th May 2015

Time : 3:00 pm Add to Calendar 15-05-2015 15:00:00 15-05-2015 16:30:00 68 ‘Post Liberation Goa: Disruption, loss and the search for renewal’ a talk by Ms. Maria Aurora Couto Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/05/post-liberation-goa-disruption-loss-and.html Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture (in the ‘Cultures, Traditions and Contemporary Life’ series) on ‘Post Liberation Goa: Disruption, loss and the search for renewal’ by Ms. Maria Aurora Couto, Independent Researcher and Writer, Goa.
                                                                                     
Abstract:
This paper offers  a personal perspective  of  Goan society after its Liberation  from Portuguese rule in December 1961: the birth of democracy, changes  from the early modernity of Portuguese colonialism to the late modernity of British colonialism and the Indian system of administration , from an agrarian   to an industrial economy, from a feudal society to the effects of globalization.  changes that affected language, culture, environment, demography and way of life.   Goa has consistently figured at the top table of growth and per capita income. However, in many senses it is a society in tumult. Celebrated for its inclusiveness and cosmopolitanism, yet during the era of liberalisation and globalisation that very identity and contradiction within has led to such rapid changes that it is hard to see how and where we go from here.
                        
Speaker:         
Ms. Maria Aurora Couto has taught English Literature in Goa and Delhi.  Her publications include On the Frontier: Politics and Religion in the Novels of Graham Greene, Goa: A Daughter's Story, Etnography of Goa , Daman and Diu - a translation from a classic in Portuguese, Filomena's Journeys: Portrait of a Marriage, a Family and a Culture. 

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