The Kafkaesque Cloud Over Goan Villages: The Perils of Urban Reclassification

In the sun-dappled lanes of Goan villages, where coconut palms sway lazily and the scent of feni lingers in the evening air, a quiet unease has settled. What was once a landscape defined by sussegad, the quintessential Goan art of relaxed living now feels increasingly trapped in a maze of bureaucratic absurdity. Villages that have sustained generations through fishing,...