Wendell Rodricks wrote:
Before 2000, Colvale was a sleepy village. An oasis of calm, one could
hear the pleasing sound of silence. All that changed when our crazed
leaders cut a wound through the village. Bang in the middle of Colvale
was suddenly a great divide. Trucks, many with non Goan
thorugh Goa - and of course, baksheesh to the
border
cops could buy any amount of reasons.
Gabriel.
- Original Message
From: Wendell Rodricks wendellrodri...@gmail.com
To: goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Sun, 27 February, 2011 3:26:00 AM
Subject: [Goanet] StyleSpeak: The Curse of Colvale
StyleSpeak: The Curse of Colvale
By Wendell Rodricks
It was past seven in the evening when I took my Sunday passoi in my
beloved Colvale. From vaddo to vaddo I went. Through leafy lanes with no
street lamps, across the old Patto road, behind the church of St Francis
of the Wounds and under
