MOMENT OF BONHOMIE: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte breaks a traditional kakon into two and shares a piece with Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza during a visit to Mapusa’s flower market on Sunday noon.
At Mapusa market, kakon comes with political aftertaste
The crack of a traditional kakon may not ordinarily make political news. But when Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte broke the crisp, ring-shaped bread delicacy into two during an inspection of Mapusa’s flower market and shared half with Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza, the moment offered an irresistible metaphor – a possible political code cracked just months before Goa heads into anoth
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