Maria Couto,
Goan Writer
Visiting Portuguese-controlled Goa was a surreal experience. India had imposed an embargo on the province, and even torn up rail tracks. We journeyed by bus and boat, then trudged through no man’s land, carrying our belongings, to enter
Goa. No literature calling for civil rights was allowed in by the Portuguese, and no gold, liquor or money was allowed out.
Going, gone: Indian troops enter Goa