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

An Experience a Joy and a Challenge
were very stingy as compared to other tourists. Some of the local
shopkeepers and shack owners shared the same view. But, one shack
owner explicitly mentioned some peculiar behaviour of the Israeli tourist.
He said that if they were served anything, they would like to mix it and
have it. For e.g. If you want to serve any juice then they will ask for
several juices and mix it and have something which was different, rare,
and out of taste.
The next two days were drowsy, as our subjects of study were out of
sight and if I met anyone, I was unable to converse with them as they
spoke Hebrew which I was unable to comprehend. Thus, I decided to
focus my attention to converse with the shack owners, ‘Lamanis’ and
other non-Israeli tourists.
I felt that the people especially the Goans were internally unhappy. Since,
when they were questioned about the foreigners, the tone in which they
answered was not of satisfaction and joy. I felt that they were not enjoying
such a business but still had to do it as it was the only means to make
money.
Some thing that I didn’t expect was the crowd at the 9 Bar on the second
day, it was almost empty and the bar too closed quite early. Foreigners
were really less as compared to the 1st January crowd.
The trend of intake of cigarettes, drugs such as Ganja and other intoxicating
stuff by the foreigners is very much and to great extent has been imbibed
by the Indian tourists (not excluding the Goans). A lot of teenagers and
young men and women of Indian nationality have really taken up to these
various vices. Another point that I would like to mention was that when I
went on the dance floor to make certain observations; to find a partner
was not a problem. Many girls, at least two or three were ready to dance
with me and looked to be wild. Even the next day, the 9 Bar was crowded
with Indian tourists. Two of my companions and I entered a restaurant
which was owned by an Israeli but it was totally empty. The owners
(Israeli) were having a conversation while we were there observing
them over a drink. Something which I found quite common was that they
always looked to be silent and tired, moving about in their own group. A
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