Country of strangers

On a recent December night, I found myself on a rooftop in Goa, listening to a prominent local citizen railing against a supposed Muslim takeover. “Do you know their population in Goa has gone up from 1.2% at Liberation (from the Portuguese, 1961) to 12% now?” the seemingly mild-mannered, silver-haired gentleman asked, a distinctly harsh, hard edge to his otherwise soft voice.

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