On the 50th anniversary of Goa's liberation from Portuguese rule, a Goan looks back at the relics of its colorful and troubled history. Photographer Frederick Noronha is into journalism, book publishing, photography, and cyberspace. He has a collection of 40,000 copylefted and sharable photos online at http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com and dreams of building an archive of old Goa photos.
Till date, a little of the old impress remains in places like the colonial capital of Old Goa.
Azuleijos, the blue tiles influenced by Portuguese tiles, are still visible, though in only a few parts of Goa. Recent years have seen a revival of interest in things Portuguese, now with less of the colonial smear of the past and what some describe as "Lusostalgia".
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