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Goa: Through Ilango’s eyes
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We got out our hotel at Miramar and were waiting near the beach for the camera crew to join. Seeing the Tamil Nadu registration of the car, a man approached us and started talking in Tamil.
Ilango has been in Goa for over 13 years and is working as a guide for the past 7 or 8 years. We asked him how he sees the changes in Goa in the past 13 years. The number of residential buildings and hotels has increased substantially. Many NRIs have now returned from and have started doing business. Land transactions by people from outside Goa were prevalent till recently, but now the government has put a curb on it.
Ever since the Mumbai bomb blasts happened, tourist inflow is down and so are his earnings. However, he is hopeful of the oncoming festival season, starting with Diwali.
Something we noticed Ilango saying was that Indian government still considers ‘Goans’ as outsiders (not Indians). This was surprising and we could not understand what would be the source of this feeling and whether many others like Ilango share this.
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We, Unny & Bindhu, are a couple currently based in Mumbai. The best introduction can be: He (Unny) - Armchair traveler. Reluctant reader. Would-be writer. Amateur photographer, Day dreamer… and likewise, a pretender of too many things.
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