It is good to travel by bus as you contribute your two cents to save the environment and it is little lighter on the pockets. More than these reasons, one would be privy to interesting banters amongst the passengers. Once a teen was telling his friend that in Goa at least St Inez in Panaji is quite secular! The puzzled friend asked why? To paraphrase what the first teen said, “a crematorium of Hindus exists cheek-by-jowl with the burial ground of Muslims and both are at a stone’s throw from the Christian’s cemetery ground! Also, there is PAWS (People for Animals Welfare Society) where dozens of dogs are sheltered. This is symbolic, since in Hinduism it is believed that dogs are sacred and protect the gates of heaven and hell and dogs may represent our past life and our liking to be born as what if we are reincarnated. When after death, people of the three major religious sects find solace next to one another, why don’t they do the same while living on this beautiful Earth?” Such a deep thought from a young mind of the 21st century!
