BOOK EXCERPT: When crossing from Goa to India needed a visa [John Menezes]
As New Delhi intensified pressure on Lisbon in the 1950s to hand over its
territories in Portuguese India, Goans on the move had to surmount all
sorts of bureaucratic hurdles.
TRAILING THE TONGUE
By Wendell Rodricks
wendellrodri...@gmail.com
The mango groves stretch for miles along the coast. In the
hot, humid month of May, Maharashtra sizzles on the Deccan
plateau. But here, near the sea, in Ratnagiri, a cool breeze
blows the luscious perfume of the world's best
