The final kick in the nuts of Goans was dealt in the naming of the bridge. Regardless of your political beliefs, objectively speaking, Mr. Vajpayee was inconsequential to Goa and Goans. Just like the Bengali geezer Shyam Prasad Mookerjee. Would it have killed them to name the bridge after, say, Jack Sequeria? No Sequeria, no Goa today. Or even some other non-political Goan figure.
The silver lining is, nobody is going to call this strip of turd "Atal Setu." It will be the "Mandovi pool." Besides, it is fitting that "Atal Setu" has the ring and sound of some kind of a scam. r
