At 10:20 PM 31-10-03 +0530, sarabond wrote: Alfonso Bond Braganza wrote
[By the way the Mapusa Market itself is Unique, and one of its kind in whole
of Asia when it was built in 1960. ....... Have you noticed, all the cloth merchants and Goldsmiths were put in the front row shops? Shops selling other varieties came later in this row. Even fish vendors had their place in this market, besides Narlancho bazaar and the flower market. Gift shops, Food-grain shops, cobblers, cutlery shops etc had their own respective venues.....]
I agree with Mr. Braganza that compared to any other city in Goa the Mapusa Municipal Market is the best planned and laid out. Shops and stalls selling similar items are closely located so the customer can make his choice without having to go from one end of the market to the other.
The new Panjim Municipal Market is similarly planned. But the displaced vendors are still dithering about signing the agreement that they cannot sell goods other than what they initially stated they would sell. Once can also sympathise with them. In business, adaptability to change is a prerequisite for survival. For example a person selling Greeting Cards might soon find himself bekar with the coming of E-greetings. He should be allowed to branch out into some more related product to maintain his business profitability. There is a lot to this issue that cannot be just ignored.
Coming back to Mapusa.
Perhaps Mr. Braganza could give us some information about the unique Shakuntala Fountain at the centre of the Mapusa Market. When was it built? Who designed it? What was the reason for the choice of this particular concept? Is Shakuntala particularly connected to Mapusa in Hindu mythology?
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