Canacona’s last toddy tappers steadfastly brave the sweltering summer heat, the sting of the rain or the wind’s fury with a passion for a family tradition that is simply astounding. They speak their minds here*
• The GTTA, the government and stake holders should work out an effective plan to revive this dying cottage industry in Goa. Otherwise Goa will have lost an important part of its identity.
• I get Rs 6000. I get my bread. I am happy. But while the government is on a freebies drive people like us have no helping hand from them.
• People have died instantly drinking what has been passed as coconut feni for more than a decade.
• The Canacona excise office selectively targets low profile traditional coconut feni distillers but they have always been blind to people who snuffed the lives out of many unsuspecting Kannidigas and others over the years.
• I am a family guy please I have no comments on anything like alcohol or drugs or gambling or prostitution in Canacona. I could be dead meat in a convenient road accident.
