Very well said, Rose ! This alleged Tourist product known as Goa ...has been pimped out by vested interests post 1961.
We don't have to be geniuses to determine what really happened, as a result, to Goa and Goans. Hope Lalu Prasad builds a lake in Bihar, Hypes it and invites ALL the Indian tourists including the Noise and Ghann Makers from Bollywood to do their thing there .....and leave Goans to enjoy what ever little is left of their beloved Goa .....in Peace. jc > On Jan 25, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Rose Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recent reports are reaching us in the UK via various media that the tourist > season in Goa is in "sorrow" mode. No-one however should be killing the fat > goose, because after all these years, the fat goose has finally got it just > right, laying the perfect golden "Win-Win" egg. > > The first win, our Niz Goykars in Goa must be rejoicing that their land is > gradually being returned to them to live in peace. It must have been > horrendous all these years to live in a place where a large amount of people > descend during the tourist season causing conjection, traffic jams, loud > noise, ear drum bursting music, crowded buses, extra garbage being strewn all > over the place not to mention the rise in prices for their local commodities > like fish, meat, vegetables and other essentials as well as the all important > rise in airport landing fees in Dabolim and taxi fares, that is if you can > get one! Rises that probably do not match their purchasing power or salary > scales leaving local Goykars all disgruntled, fed up and wishing to obtain a > foreign passport at any cost to escape far from the madding crowd rather than > dealing with these issues themselves.
