A great picture, like many you show. I'm at lunch at the moment so can't look at the full set, but some background would be helpful in the case of the title you have given.
Mike
Hi Rajan,
Excellent, as usual. I also liked the portrait of Jagannath Morajkar very much, why don't you post it here as well?
Cheers,
Mike,
These are images of working class Goans that present an appearance that is fast disappearing with the changing times. Their children and grandchildren look nothing like this. So in a sense this is a record of folks of a past era.
Ah, this is a story the world over. Have a peek at the Hebridean's thread and see if you can ind any images from Gus Wylie's book. The 'behind story' is similar.
The encroachment of western monoculture is somewhat daunting, even to those of us who grew up in some of its past!
Mike
Mike,
In this instance I would not lay all the blame on Western monoculture. It is just that times have changed quite dramatically in the last 10-15 years. In Goa at least, we face the danger not of Western, but of Indian encroachment - i.e. migrants from the rest of India virtually wiping out the Goan identity. We are only around 1.5 million surrounded by a sea of 1 billion. You do the math.
Ah, I stand (happily) corrected. Are your concerns about cultural or physical encroachment, or both? Not to lead into a political debate!
mIKE