Tag Archives: 14L II

Farmers’ Market

Not long ago Goa had some of the finest fresh produce in the world, sustained for hundreds of years by the traditional farming methods of the hardy Gaudo community. The Gaude were among the first settlers in Goa and are thought to be Austric in origin.
Today the situation for Goan farming is dire and...

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Coasting over San Francisco Bay

A couple of days back, I took a ride over the San Francisco Bay Area aboard a Zeppelin. These airships are built in the town of Friedrichshafen in Germany. Currently there are only 3 of them in the world – the other two are in Japan and Germany. A small company named...

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Barges

The flotilla of barges plying in Goa’s rivers presents a charming diversion to the tourist, but this picture postcard scene masks a dark and ominous reality.
Goa is being mined to death, with devastating consequences, some of them not yet upon us. Forests have been flattened, and beautiful villages trashed, muddied, their air rendered...

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