Claiming the Right to Say No-30 Nov 09-EQUATIONS - Equitable ...

Claiming the Right to Say No
buy cigarettes.” In Palestine, the Muslims want to annex more land. Those
who fight for the land are not all Muslims but only some Muslim terrorist
groups. Not all Muslim are bad. Some are good. Ali even taught us some
of the Hebrew words and sentences to talk with other Israelis. He even
helped us to identify the Israeli tourists. He treated us as friends.
One Israeli girl, aged 23 stated that she liked the military, for two years,
very much.
A Russian Said
One Russian family said that the “Israelis are very foxy”. They are not
stable. They want to do something or the other. They follow their own
pattern of lifestyle. Most of the Russian come to Goa during the month of
December because in Russia it is very cold and they have snow fall.
Inculcating Oriental Lifestyle
At Arambol we discovered a place in the forest where most of the tourists
get together. There is a Banyan tree in the forest where they sit together.
They smoke and share with each other. They maintain a spirit of silence
over there. There the tourists mix with each other (Israelis, Russians,
Germany, U.K, Indian, etc). They say that it is a meditative place. Some of
them stay there even during the night. They also cook food over there.
Some of them shared that this place helps them to bring unity and harmony
among them. They communicate with each other. Under the Banyan tree
they sit together in a circle and anybody can join in the circle.
In the forest we also found some places where the tourists live in a small
clean place. There they remain quiet and do not want to mix with others.
They do not even want to communicate with others. When I approached to
them, they were speaking in signs. They remain quiet and spend their time
in meditation. Some were alone and there was a couple with their child.
Conclusion
The research on the whole has helped me to know what is happening in
Goa, especially on the beaches. Due to tourism, Goa might improve in
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