Goa Indica - A Critical Portrait of Postcolonial Goa

Author: Arun SinhaPublisher: Bibliophile South Asia And PromillaYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 248ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185002312 DescriptionThis book discusses all the currents and cross-currents objectively and in great detail, suggesting that Goa is destined to become a multicultural, cosmopolitan state, not depending on agriculture and heavy industry, but on horticulture and service industry.Tourists come and go without knowing anything of real Goa. Goa is not just beaches. There is a vibrant society trying to cope with the currents and cross-currents of postcolonial development. In just 40 years of Liberation from the Portuguese rule, Goa has become the most economically and socially advanced state of India. But the progress has come at a price. Development has brought in industries that are threatening the idyllic paradise and people from outside who are claiming a share of the Goan space in housing, employment and business. The cultural divide between Hindus and Christian