-------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ From: S Y <saloniyash...@gmail.com> ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ GOA IS A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION ------------------------------------------------------------
The legacy of susegado and daily siesta The umpteen festivals and Carnival fiesta The 100 km long coastline Awash with surf and sunshine Beaches all along from Arambol, Mandrem, Morjim, Vagator, Anjuna, Baga, Calangute and Candolim To Miramar, Majorda, Colva Benaulim, Agonda, Palolem and Cavelossim Mhadei, Mahavir, Netravali and Cotigao wildlife sanctuary, Unending forests and hills with scenic lush greenery Tiracol, Caboderama, Sinquerim, Reis Magos, Corjeum and 'Dil chahata hai' Chapora fort Holding court with loading and unloading at the busy Mormguao Port The rivers Chapora and Zuari And musical cruising Mandovi The river ferries so quaint across Betim and Panjim, And across Chorao, Cortalim, Madkaim and Loutolim The Wednesday flea market at Anjuna The traditional Friday market at Mapusa The omnipresent fish curry rice with sol kadi Rechadeo, Cafreal, Sorpotel and Xacuti Pork vindaloo, tiger prawns, Urak and Feni With fresh baked Unddo, Pao, Katro, Kankonn and Poyi The historic churches and temples across Goa The temples and spice plantations in Ponda Goa is all that and so much more Every Goan is committed to the core To bring tiatr, art and culture to the fore Letting education do the earning Yearning to contribute beyond learning The state of art Central Library The omnipresent Kala Academy The events at Institute of Menezes Braganza daily The diverse numerous lectures at ICG and MOG The 'Mediation' and environmental law lectures by VMSL fraternity The curtain raisers of GALF and DIFFICULT DIALOGUES at Goa University The panaroma of movies at IFFI, The versatility of the 'Space' Story The grandeur of Festival Serendipity.. Can't find any other City Echoing such symphony Goa will always be an unfinished journey Still so much to see Away from urban cacophony Still so much to experience in earnest harmony. July 24, 2018 (Quoting below Hon.Justice G S Patel of the Bombay High Court Bench at Panaji, in the recent NGT jurisdiction case... "This is an extraordinary state, in more ways than one A place where perhaps more than anywhere else Sky sea and earth meet... >From horizon to horizon, it is a land of abundant richness. It is a land of confluences where diverse strands meet and coexist... It is a kind and gentle land of a kind and gentle people. And it is also a land that, given its small size and small population, has had a wholly disproportionate influence on our art, culture, language, music, literature, architecture, history, design and more... Its greatest asset is one: its environment and its ecology- its rivers and riverbanks, its beaches, its lakes and clear streams, its dense forests, its low hills and fertile fields, its boulders, and even trees shrouded with moss and vines and lichen in the rains, its ridiculously brilliant sunsets. One needs only to turn off an arterial road to either East or West to see all this first hand, and all of it within but a few minutes. ....the people of Goa...perceive that there is something of value here to protect... For this is something none can deny: Goa is a land truly worth fighting for") -------------------------------------------------------------------
