<I am a Goan , resident in Spain and have been witness to the"colonization" of Spain by the Germans , the Latinos and the Englishin particular besides the wealthy East Europeans and the Russians.Immigration has been good for Spain but along with the good comes theinevitable. The scoundrels , the rich and the famous have cast theirdreams into stone and devastated the pristine shorelines of thisnaturally beautiful country....So while I look at Goa through pictures ( and I was there last August)and am sad about the colonization, I see that **history keeps repeating itself**-didn´t the British colonize India.? As an eternal optimist , Ihave hope that as the British did, these nuveau riche Indians and Eurospinning colonizers of various skin shades will also leave behindlasting , constructive legacies over time. A mix of race and cultureinfuses new energy into the "colonized" society.>
Regarding "history" there are two aspects. One is history repeating itself because it is ignored. Maybe there have been instances in Goa's own (recent 46 year?) history when waves of colonisation have taken place. Because Goans have not internalised these expeiences there is a farcical repeat. The second aspect is about the nature of the repetition. It is said that history repeats itself first as tragedy then as farce. So in Goa what is happenng should be the latter. It is confirmed by the author's lesson in "geography". The same thing happens elsewhere in the world (Spain in this instance). Goa is not the only inhabited planet in the universe. The unfortunate thing may be that its diaspora has not helped locals stay clued in and take preventive action in a progressive rather than hysterical way (no pun intended). Anyway, Rajiv (whether Goan or non-Goan) is off the hook, one way or another.
