These are beautiful photographs. But isn't it nostalgia and the appreciation of our historical past that makes us weep? I cannot help wondering how many more tears we would have shed if Ibn Batuta in the 14th century or someone else before him had taken and passed on to us pictures of Chandrapura, Gopakapura or Sindabur in their heyday. What if we were able to see agraharas, brahmapuris, temple complexes, stupas and jinalayas in all their glory just before the next batch of ghantti and bhaile from lands much farther away invaded our backyards, and replaced all that grandeur with their own eyesores and sewage?
How much more would we have wept? How about the Goans of 1900? Cheers, Santosh --- "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To Goanet - > > Joining the Indian Union in 1961 without any > safeguards in > place was the kiss of death for Goa and Goans. The > chickens > are coming home to roost now after 40 years. With > nothing > to impede the ingress of India's infinite supply of > sewage, > Goa is doomed. >
