Goa
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Sep 18, 2026
Deb JarrettGUEST
But in general, I feel in my experience, if you give these dogs kindness, they will give you kindness back.
Deb JarrettGUEST
And I because I've never seen anything different, whether I've been in Delhi or Mumbai or Goa or Dharamsala or any place I've traveled, like if I'm approaching with kindness, I've gotten kindness back.
AnilHOST
Absolutely.
AnilHOST
Now, you are no longer based in India full time, but you remain closely connected to the situation through your regular visits and ongoing involvement.
Vaughn SmithHOST
That would be nice to have a little holiday as well.
Vaughn SmithHOST
Then Goa, Goa.
Hayley SproullHOST
Actually, though, India's beautiful.
Vaughn SmithHOST
Yeah.
Vaughn SmithHOST
Goa's on my list.
Vaughn SmithHOST
Is it? Goa.
Vaughn SmithHOST
The, oh, yes.
Vaughn SmithHOST
Yes, yes.
TriploiHOST
If you look at where they are, they're basically right in the middle of the Atlantic like literally between South America and Africa and this allows their ships to control really important and relatively narrow stretches of ocean which is great for strategic control.
TriploiHOST
On top of that they're expanding into Goa in India and Timor in the Pacific.
TriploiHOST
Portugal's plan here is to get little islands that are very important and that's going to end up paying pretty big dividends for them in the long run even though they don't have the biggest empire.
TriploiHOST
Those places they have taken are very smart choices, strategically speaking.
TriploiHOST
And this allows their ships to control really important and relatively narrow stretches of ocean, which is great for strategic control.
TriploiHOST
On top of that, they're expanding into Goa in India and Timor in the Pacific.
TriploiHOST
Portugal's plan here is to get little islands that are very important, and that's going to end up paying pretty big dividends for them in the long run, even if they don't have the biggest empire yet.
TriploiHOST
Those places they have taken are very smart choices, strategically speaking.
T. V. RamachandraGUEST
When you look at which part of the globe has a highest diversity of plants and animals and microorganism, when you map latitudinally, you will be surprised to see at 8 to 16 degree latitude has the highest number of plants and animal diversity.
T. V. RamachandraGUEST
You know, this corresponds to Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, part of Western Ghats.
K C DeepikaHOST
Right.
T. V. RamachandraGUEST
Some of us who are, had a legacy of Western Ghats, we are born in Western Ghat, you know, it's our responsibility to protect the Western Ghat and give it to our children.
Dennis EversonHOST
So my wife was born in Kenya in Kinsumu, East Africa.
Dennis EversonHOST
But her family is originally from Goa, India.
Dennis EversonHOST
So that was a Portuguese colony that was founded in the 1500s.
Dennis EversonHOST
She's a direct descendant from them.
Dennis EversonHOST
Her father worked on ships and wanted something better for the family, moved to Africa.
Dennis EversonHOST
Then as part of the Commonwealth, they ended up moving to Canada.
Dennis EversonHOST
So yeah, my wife is African by way of Goa, India, and I imported her from Canada.
Dennis EversonHOST
So that's a little bad story.
Akshay ChavanGUEST
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Akshay ChavanGUEST
Mumbai, Mangalore, Goa, almost for thousand years th- they are, they are important.
Cyrus BroachaHOST
Hmm.
Akshay ChavanGUEST
Why? Because first the sea is deep.
Akshay ChavanGUEST
Because, uh, or else it, it was difficult.
Akshay ChavanGUEST
You know, you couldn't sup- apply foods.
Akshay ChavanGUEST
Like Goa also, you know, because of the Zuari Mandovi River.
Cyrus BroachaHOST
Hmm.
Adalja PiñerolesNARRATOR
How did this eccentric personage pass his time on the Mongolia? He made his four hearty meals every day, regardless of the most persistent rolling and pitching on the part of the steamer; and he played whist indefatigably, for he had found partners as enthusiastic in the game as himself.
Adalja PiñerolesNARRATOR
A tax collector, on the way to his post at Goa, the Reverend Detalus Smith, returning to his parish at Bombay, and a brigadier-general of the English army, who was about to rejoin his brigade at Benares, made up the party, and, with Mr. Fogg, played whist by the hour together in absorbing silence.
Adalja PiñerolesNARRATOR
As for Passepartout, he too had escaped seasickness, and took his meals conscientiously in the forward cabin.
Adalja PiñerolesNARRATOR
He rather enjoyed the voyage, for he was well-fed and well-lodged, took a great interest in the scenes through which they were passing, and consoled himself with the delusion that his master's whim would end at Bombay.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Ella sigue siendo mi refugio, añadió.
speaker_0NARRATOR
En 2003, a los diecinueve años, Mena visitó el orfanato de Bombay con sus padres y su hermano, que había sido adoptado en Goa.
speaker_1NARRATOR
In 2003, at the age of nine, Mena visited the orphanage in Mumbai with her parents and her brother, who had been adopted in Goa.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Goa.En 2003, a los 19 años, Meena visitó el orfanato de Bombay con sus padres y su hermano, que había sido adoptado en Goa.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Pasaron dos semanas revisando archivos, tratando de averiguar quiénes eran los padres biológicos de Meena, porque para mí era importante saber de dónde venía.
speaker_1NARRATOR
They spent two weeks going through files, trying to figure out who Meena's biological parents were, because it was important for me to know about them.
Nandini DasGUEST
It went to Virginia in the New World.
Nandini DasGUEST
It went to Goa in India.
Nandini DasGUEST
All of those places have presence of English figures debating with exactly those same things.
Nandini DasGUEST
Where do I belong? Where are my rights? Who do I owe allegiance to?
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