Swiping through faded layers of history
It is not really anyone's fault that the idea of Goa is limited to images of Beaches & Churches, Villas & Vindaloo, Feni & Fado ...and little else beyond or before all that . Goa was the first Indian State to be Colonised by European Imperialists and the last to gain freedom . 450 years of foreign rule (1510 -1961) , more than the proverbial "7 Generations" ; long enough to forget that there was actually a very different culture that enriched this region before the ships from the West, looking for "Spice and Souls", started weighing anchor on its coast . A recent re-visit to South Goa , with a small group , proved to be an eye-opener jaunt into the "pagan" past , which has now been retrieved and re-established with renewed zeal . Cross-cultural influences cannot be wiped away easily , nor should such a misguided project be undertaken . Any society is a product of all forces and influences that ever contributed , in any way , g...