After a week in amchem Goem what is striking is the complete absence of the
enchanting mood & atmosphere that once prevailed in the days leading up to
the night of Narakasura and Diwali. The number of Narakasura effigies have
multiplied immeasurably even while the actual spirit of the occasion has
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Although parts of his instant classic were written here, Amitav Ghosh
wasn’t thinking specifically about Goa in his urgent, game-changing *The
Great Derangement *(University of Chicago Press, 2016). The great noveli
Diwali our Festival of Lights is here. However in Goa it is gloom and doom
on all fronts. There can be no festivity with potholed roads everywhere as
well as very erratic water and power supply. Besides, due to lack of vision
and prompt corrective measures, the Goan economy is in a muddle bringing
Last night's spectacle proved my point about the coarsening of Narakasur
night.
I took a spin through Panjim, Ribandar, Chimbel and a few other areas.
The only locales without eardrum-splitting music were the Ribandar Patto
and Chimbel.
Ribandar Patto had on display an impressive (from an artist
