Is the media wrong in depicting Goa as the rape capital? What is the
impression about goans in the minds of the general public of India? They are
given the impressions that goans are doing nothing but lazing on the beach
with booze and fun loving semi-nude women. Students studying in colleges
Dear de Souzaji,
Have you just woken up? This denigration was part of the anti-Goan
propaganda generated by the media - many decades ago. Research
Bollywood films and you will find the origin of this thought process.
Even look at the role of Dimple Kapadia's 'father' in Bobby.
Even Nehru thought
J. Colaco jc wrote:
Dear de Souzaji,
Have you just woken up? This denigration was part of the anti-Goan
propaganda generated by the media - many decades ago. Research
Bollywood films and you will find the origin of this thought process.
Even look at the role of Dimple Kapadia's 'father' in
A response to Frederick Noronha who wrote:
[1] This stereotyping of Goans by Bollywood has been well documented
in an essay in the Mario Cabral e Sa-edited book *Location Goa*.
[2] However, a wider complaint is that, in India, almost every second
community (except the Punjabis, perhaps because
You're going away from the issue of stereotypes in Bollywood films to
Mario Cabral e Sa's experience. Incidentally, the book was edited by
Mario, but the article in question wasn't written by him.
I am sorry, but it is hard to accept a comment reproduced on your
website as proof that Nehru
Do allow me to state that you (FN) have deviated from the subject of
Rape..which is what this thread is primarily about.
Just so that there is NO misunderstanding, I have never stated that
Mario Cabral e Sa wrote that' article. All I have stated is that
Mario was unlikely to have had the
Warped media coverage portrays Goa as a rape capital
Sensational reporting of incidents of rape and murder of foreign
tourists in Goa overshadows the fact that Goa has a much better track
record on gender issues. It also gives the misleading impression that
this is the single biggest problem the
