Goa, June 27 -- TALLULAH D'SILVA

And we rushed to see why the local people were up in protest and why others from Goa were also standing up in solidarity with them. Ironi cally architects, engineers, de signers, developers, contractors and builders have been missing from such scenes of new devel opment aka concretisation in Goa. However, accompanying me were a couple of young archi tects and students of architec ture, who were the only ones concerned and keen to under stand the issue. So we drove up to Karapur via the picturesque Banastarim and Amona villag es. The drive into Karapur was mesmerising with the valley lush green with orchards and wetlands and the hillsides too full of vegetation with the on set of the monsoons. Karapur vill...