Padekars maybe out but paddelis are in for coconut plucking

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In recent months, the coconut tree and coconuts have been put to the test. In 2015, the government denounced the status of the coconut tree from a tree to ‘grass’. A couple of years later, the availability of coconuts started diminishing at an alarming rate. This was due to the fact that there were no […]

Are Goan Padekars slowly becoming extinct?

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By Marlon Moraes While the ministers are busy fighting over whether a coconut tree is classified as a tree or not and restaurants keep boasting about the delicious ‘Sheet-Kodi’ they serve, the coconut tree is in danger of becoming history. The Problem A few decades ago we had to travel miles in order to find […]