To the Marathi truck driver's son, Goa is a source of funds to be funneled into his Maratha real estate holdings. We have more than a fair share of shiny temples, it is his province that is home to ant mounds and shoddy stone heaps. He could turn his ill gotten gains to arty piles,the way Baniyas operate in Rajasthan. They also donate hospitals and schools. But he rather preside over the dismantling of our prized land, to every last palm tree.He bulldozed the pretty casurinas that graced Miramar and forests over Mopa, even as he pulls off a not so artful 'beautification' of the Art Academy at Campal. We seem to be losing hope for our newly sorrowful land, very visible in the dropof interest by correspondents who once treated us to lively discourses in these columns.
