Goa, Aug. 2 -- On my way home the other day, I bought some bananas from this fruit vendor on the highway in Verna. She handed me the change and then wiped her hands with a sanitizer kept near her cash box. I was amazed and I told her so. It made her happy.

A kilometre away, on the Cansaulim-Verna road, a fisherwoman had just arrived with a basket full of fresh mackerels from the all seasons fishing Bay of Hollant in Velsao, Cansaulim. Within minutes over 25 people materialised from nowhere and were almost falling over each other (some with their masks pulled down) to buy her prized catch... The lure of fresh 'bangde' made everyone quickly forget the lurking dangers of the deadly corona virus. For all my weaknesses for "recheado bangdo", ...