The issue of declassification of the coconut cannot be dismissed as political opportunism of some politicians. Coconut cannot be viewed in isolation of what may be called Goanness of our Goan community. Community comes into being from symbolic and narrative archives of a society. The coconut tree and everything associated with it is deeply embedded in the social archive...
Museumizing the Coconut Tree
The call for a museum of the coconut tree by some self appointed business men posing as farmers is a clear indicator that our society is descending into the quicksand of decay. The fact that they are asking for the hastening of the enactment of the bill on the declassification of the coconut tree and in the same breath...
