Folks,
It came as a surprise to find the article below in my weekly neighbourhood
newspaper.
BTW: In another London weekly neighbourhood newspaper today, The Wimbledon
Guardian, there is a photograph of a different Clinton on the beach in Goa
and a brief article - see http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/
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24 Feb 2006: Hampstead & Highgate Express (London).
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/hamhigh/postbag/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Postbaghamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=postbaghamhigh&itemid=WeED23%20Feb%202006%2016%3A31%3A35%3A860
Full Text:
It seems surprising that in spite of revisiting Goa for 11 years, Peter
Forrest thinks the beach sellers are Goans (Beach life is a real eye-opener,
H&H February 3). The people you tend to meet at the beach are mostly
Lamanis, a tribe from neighbouring Karnataka who have great business skills
(a 10 rupee pineapple gets sold on the beach for 80!)
The Goan youth in the coastal villages are currupted by easy money and are
rude, arrogant and sex-crazed.
Not all Goans are like that. To see the real Goa, Mr Forrest, you have to
meet people away from the beach. Maybe it's better that the tourists don't.
We 'real Goans' are already an endangered species!
CLINTON VAZ
Benaulim, Goa, India
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Comment: It is most unfortunate that this kind of view is given currency!
The url of Peter Forrest's article is at
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=Northlondon24&category=fscolumnists&itemid=WeED06%20Feb%202006%2009:48:14:607&tBrand=Northlondon24&tCategory=search
