The man publicly defecating. Near the river while people look on as if this was par for the course. I was revolted. I felt my stomach churning, first with disgust then with anger, filling up with revulsion. Even as I write this, I feel like I'm going to throw up. So visceral and poignant is my disgust. And suddenly I understand Rajan's anger, which in my intellectual outrage at his writings, I've been calling xenophobia for sometime now.
This is what has happened to our Goa. This pristine beauty, admired, respected and envied by the world. This disgusting filth sullies it with the contents of his bowels. Goans would hang themselves first before defecating in public like that. Even those of us, like the Kunnbis and the Gawdas who don't have access to public toilets would be prudent enough to do their business in private. This is the indignity that Goans now have to live with, while we tell ourselves that everyone and anyone can make Goa their home because afterall in 1961, we became part of India. Excuse, while I throw up. selma __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
