Not all people flocking to make Goa their home are the defacating ghanttis highlighed in Rajan's photographs. And thereby lies Goa's salvation, even if resident Goans are too lethargic to do anything about the civic mess.
I don't know why, but there it is. I have 2 family members younger than 35 who have recently made Goa their home despite better situations at home. One has decided instead of carrying on her family's successful private school business, to open a resort in Goa instead. She is multilingual besides English and Italian. The other is a fashion designer whose family is well settled in Australia, who has decided to re-build her well run Australian fashion boutique into a fashion business in Goa. Multiply these two thousands of times over and Goa will have an upper crust, globally aware population who will eventually not settle for mediocre, corrupt politicians. Of course such people have no idea of where Goa is going to, landwise and construction wise. They instead fuel the boom. Perhaps it is much better for them starting from a clean slate who do not have much expectation like we of Rajan's generation who have seen the Goa of pristine charm and beauty and a naive but honest population. People like us will soon be out of place in Goa. Roland Francis 416-453-3371
