Dear Goanetters, I have read the blog by Ms Shobhaa De with interest. She has written the truth and the whole truth, as regards the “invasion from the North”.
I am reminded of a Seminar that our office held in a hotel in Calangute not too long ago. Just out side the hotel was an eating place with a board: “Pure Jain food available”. This was a real shock to my non Goan friends. A “Pure Jain food“ eating joint in what used to be Pure Non-Veg Goa! Am also reminded of my home town Bandra. The buzz now is always “ Oh Bandra has changed so much. These “outsiders” have moved in and are destroying the culture of Bandra”. Now my take on the “changing face” of both Goa and Bandra, is very simple. How did these” outsiders” proliferate so much? Who has been selling/ renting properties to them, at humongous rates? Aren’t the “insiders” out to make hay, while the going is good? In Bandra, so may have sold their ancestral properties to “outsiders” and moved to larger flats in suburbs like Malad, Kandivali and Borivali. Ultimately, it’s all a question of “money -honey!” - Sell to the highest bidder even if the highest bidder happens to be a “rank outsider!” Culture be damned. So, who is to blame for the extant situation in both places? Regards Edwin Fernandes Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 6, 2021, at 6:29 PM, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > wrote: > Where has the old Goa gone? > February 6, 2021, 12:39 PM IST > > Shobhaa De in Straight Talk, Lifestyle, > TOI [The Times of India]
