Like the " Rome of the Orient" of yesteryears, Goa should have remained a tropical paradise. With its palm-fringed coast, the idyllic beaches and traversed by crystal clear rivers and bestowed with a wide variety of flora and fauna, as also with hundreds of fresh water springs providing medicinal water, if the environment of Goa had been tended to with care, Goa could have rivalled the best scenic spot in Asia. To add to its scenic beauty and allure, Goan cuisine which has distinct Portuguese gourmet's delights, not to forget the Mancurado mangoes and the authentic cashew nuts which are a prized delicacy as also cashew feni and coconut feni that serve as an appetizer that has the distinct Goan flavour to add to our music, dance and culture, it would have taken a dedicated and devoted leader to maintain Goa as a foremost tourist destination of choice to the world replete with the vibrancy of the new and the old world vintage charm of yore. If a naturalist, environmentalist, conservationist and a heritage lover were to take over the reins of power, redemption of this paradise is still within the realms of possibility.
