Goa, Nov. 29 -- Protect Goa before It is too late I read the guest editorial "Ways of Belonging (to Goa)" by Vivek Menezes with great interest. It articulated, with care and clarity, what many Goans feel but often hesitate to say aloud. As someone who moved to Goa from another state, I like to call myself a "Goan by Choice"-a GBC in spirit, if not in birth. And it is precisely because I chose Goa that I recognise and understand the anxieties of Goans today. Over the last decade, Goa's population has grown by more than 8%, far outpacing the national rate. Construction has expanded at nearly three times the pace of the 2000s. These are not just statistics-they translate into shrinking green cover, rising pressure on water resources, and an ...