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5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest
Promenade, D B Bandodkar Road, Panaji, Goa
16-18, May 2008
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THE DECLINE OF GOA
This gloomy and unvarnished article by veteran journalist Shobha De
Should fill all us all with shame and utter dismay.
She says that ten years of neglect and indifference
Has transformed Goa, and made all the difference -
Foreigners run it as an independent fiefdom, she is forced to say!
This may seem to be a wild exaggeration,
Or wrongly based on some stray aberration,
But even for a casual visitor there is little doubt,
That there are many things that Goa can do without -
And these are now leading to widespread frustration.
- Shanti Dhoot
RE:
Message: 3
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 21:37:48 +0530
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] The tragedy of Goa by Shobhaa De
Goa could so easily have positioned itself as a premier tourist spot,
attracting the same global big spenders who flock to Bali (yes, even
after the bombing). Goa blew it by downgrading itself as a haven for
drug peddlers, paedophiles, pimps, prostitutes, criminals and conmen on
the run. It started as a backpackers' idea of heaven on earth (cheap and
sexy). Today, even the peace-loving hippies of old are staying away,
terrified of being looted, molested, raped and murdered. Fiona's plea
must be heard, now that she is ready to name names. It has taken Goa
under ten years to swiftly fall from grace. Ten years of abject neglect
and indifference.
But what is most shocking is that we have allowed foreigners to
virtually take over the state and run it as an independent fiefdom -
Russian currency in India? No entry to Indians in their own country? Go
to Goa and you'll see this and more for yourself. If ?Masala Mike' (no
less), is scared of the mafia there and fears for his life, what chance
do we stand?
