As a non-Goan married to a Goan, I have to say that, IMHO, Goa is
different from the rest of India in many ways. Sure, Gujurat is
different from Srinigar and they're both different from Chennai, etc.,
but it is still true that Goa is different from the rest of India in
more pronounced ways than the other places are different one from
another. I don't see how one can posit that Goa is merely
run-of-the-mill different, just like any other place in India is
different from every other place. There's a reason this is GOAnet, not
INDIAnet. There is something uniquely different about Goa.
Viviana
Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:
And surely the US Navy could lose friends in Goa among its supporters,
who might get upset by this statement: "Goan. Having been ruled as a
Portuguese colony for more than 450 years, Goa has a culture distinctly
different from most of India." Anyway, what is the "culture... (of) most
of India"? I thought every part of India was distinct in its own way.
Except when viewed with the every-Chinaman-looks-the-same kind of
ignorance. FN
