Goenyaa..tujhya Vinna

Goa!!

The very thought, and one visualises tall palm trees kissing the skies, gently waving in the breeze, by the sea, overlooking the sand and the surf...

...the fisherman, plowing his canoe through the waves as the early morning sunlight reflects upon his bronzed, muscled back...

...the cool shade of the kullaghars, the cashew farms, and the mancurado mangoes in the summer heat...

...the gathering of the dark clouds, the breeze turning to a dust storm, and finally the first smattering of the first raindrops as they kiss the parched earth with a vengeance.. and then the petrachor filling the air...

...paanchvichaar shetaan bhaataan...

...the aroma of the freshly baked pao and unddo wafting through the streets at evening times...

...the xacuti and the humonn, the balchao and the alsaandyache tonnak, the ambot tik and the almee xacuti...

...the igreja fest and the temple jatras, the channe and the bommado, the revddyi and the khaaje, the teen paana, the godgodo...

..tiatr and cantaaram, the jagor and the mando

This, my friends, is not the visual of Goa of the tourist, but Goa of the true Goan, the Goenkar.



For many a day I felt the desire to express my love for that little corner of the world where, in the middle of all noise, I will always find the tranquility and the solace I seek. The hermitage when I am wearied by the innumerable journeys and travails in this wide world.

And I wished others too would see Goa the way I and many true blooded Goans see it, as a piece of paradise God created upon Earth.

Goa, today, is more than just a state with a physical area of 3702 sq.km.

For all who those who have been associated with Goa, the three letters have come to represent freedom and a way of life..

This blog is dedicated to this tiny piece of land on the western coast of India, that a small number of people call Aamchem Goem.

This blog reaches out to all those who have the remotest of associations with Goa, through blood, roots or otherwise. Whether they reside in Goa, or Karwar, Kerala or Karwar, Dubai or Africa or anywhere else.

A little bit of Goa always exists in each of our hearts. But, many a time, we do not wish to explore it. I hope this blog bridges that tiny gap for us..