These houses around Panjim in Goa are frozen in time

A WISP OF YESTERDAY

Walking along the streets in the capital city of Goa, you cannot miss these houses, stilled in time. They dot most stretches of Panjim.

BACK TO THE PAST

They mutely stand, marauded by time that has travelled past them, holding poignant stories inside them.

TELL ME YOUR STORY

So many stories reside inside these houses - tales of familial bond, of childhood, of youthful romance, of relationships gone sour and other intrigues of life.

MIRED IN MEMORIES

Many bittersweet memories are locked inside these homes. Goans are known to be global citizens and many of them are settled abroad. Many of these ancestral homes belong to them.

TIME-WARPED

Another reason they are warped in time is property dispute. A gloomy shadow of severed ties hangs over a lot of them.

NOT IN ENEMY’S NAME

Many Indian properties are in a state of dereliction after Indian government declared them as enemy property & took over their ownership post three wars India fought with its neighbours.

LAST REMAINS

Whatever the reason, these houses give a glimpse of a Goa that existed years ago. They are some of the last remains of it, till some real estate vulture swoops on it and vomits a swanky commercial building in its place.

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