Goa, May 2 -- India's smallest state has an unusual antipathy to discussing - leave alone addressing - the pernicious and poisonous impact of caste practices in culture and society. Caste gets foregrounded during elections, but the rest of the time Goa prefers to ignore the painful realities incurred, at a heavy cost that other states have navigated much better. Here, it is important to note our most important anti-caste literature and writings are basically unavailable to the public, whether Os Brahmanes by Francis Luis Gomes from the 19th century or Vishnu Surya Wagh's searing 21st century Sudhir Sukta poems. In this regard, the elegant new publication of the late Dadu Mandrekar's soulful, sorrowing Untouchable Goa (originally Bahiskrut...