The 2 Bengaluru Girls Story : Lacking both "Sense" and "Sensitivity".

Goa is definitely unsafe for "Desi"/Indian tourists who lack sense & sensitivity. Please do not come back here.

2 nights ago, 2 ladies from Bangalore, who were traveling in a "rent-a-cab" car, were moving from Anjuna to Morjim; when a 59 year old native of Chapora, Mr.Soma Chodankar, broke the window pane and damaged the car.

The video uploaded by one of the occupant of the car, Ms.Supriyaa Ram shows the after-effects of the incident, where the native is seen leaving on his scooter, after damaging the car. He knows very well, that a video has been recorded, he overhears the word "Siolim" being mentioned, in the Kanada accent, and tries to tell them the correct, Konkani pronunciation.

This one small instance of correcting the pronunciation of Siolim, while could sound funny, and could also be easily over-looked, just tells the whole story, in fact.

In today's report of The Goan Everyday,the detail which emerged that (again from the side of occupants of car) that, while driving, a stone on the road was flipped and it hit Mr.Soma. While, this is certainly, not the fault of the occupants of the car, but anyone, who has driven on the road,would know, how serious this could have been. Thankfully, Mr.Soma was not hurt.

Now, the ladies knew at that very moment, what has been the "cause" of that supposedly "road-rage" incident; instead of stopping, and offering an apology, which could have just made the matter disappeared, throttled away from there, enraging Mr.Soma; who chased them all along the way.

Very easy to guess, that the chase he was made to do, enraged him so much, that the moment he found an opportunity, he threw a rock at the left rear window pane of the car and broke it.

There was no ugly slug fest of words, which we normally expect, when such an incident occurs; he just calmly started his rickety old scooter, and moves away, while correcting the pronunciation of the word "Siolim".

The very basic of the propriety of driving is that,while driving, if unknowingly someone gets hurt,even without a culpable mistake of yours, you stop by, enquire all is well, offer an apology (out of decency and humanity), and if all is well, you move on.

While Ms.Supriyaa and her friend, moved on regardless of the incident,which could have been grave, but thankfully, not so; and enraged Mr.Soma Chodankar.

Who is at fault here?

The golden adage is "While in Rome, do as the Romans do!"; but Indian tourists who come here, invariably and almost always, behave like they own "Goa", on their 3-4 day trip.

Tourists banging and dancing on the top of Thar (vehicle); Making Instagram reels, while driving precariously on the narrow roads; Driving the "rent a cab" right on the shore; they behave abnormally, the moment they arrive in Goa.

As they try to make the most of the very short stint of theirs, they indulge in all sorts of abnormal behaviour, in a place, where the culture of it, can be defined in just 1 word, "Susegaad".

While a lot is forgiven and unseen of "Desi Tourists" in Goa, because we all know, how abnormal they behave here; sometimes it goes far way than tolerance limit, and then it explodes.

59 Year old Mr.Soma would have been witnessed the "golden times" of Chapora, his native village, when like most of the Goa, it was a paradise; till the "development" started and the greed of outsiders fueled by "Desi Tourists" influx, lead to the destruction of everything in Chapora. Peace, Tranquility, Simplicity, Environment and "Susegaad".

Rage is "latent", you neither see it, nor can feel it; but, when it becomes "sensible", only God can save you!

"Cause & Effect" is completely lost here, in the 1 sided video recorded by Ms.Supriyaa and other occupant of the car on SM.

What,they would have done, if Mr.Soma was driving the car and a stone flung, unexpectedly, would have hit them?

Well, you are right, they would have made a short video and posted it on Instagram.

No doubt, Goa is not safe and secure, and nor there is justice in Goa; but when you claim this, the accusation has to be "manly" enough; but the 2 Bangalore girls did not know this.

Going by the video; Mr.Soma do not even earn the same in a month, what the 2 Bengaluru girs would have spent in a day and night.

Ms.Supriyaa, you were coming from Anjuna; but do you know, from where Mr.Soma has been coming from? He is 59 Years old and a native. For him, Bengaluru is still Bangalore and Siolim is Shivolim.

But then, Instagram reels motivated visit to Goa; does not give this perspective to educated class.

When you are in foreign land (and yes, as a tourist in Goa, you are), be little more extra sensitive. You do not own Goa, just because you have the ability to spend here.

In spite of the full force effects of local greedy politicians, Goa is not yet fully "developed", there are still people like Mr.Soma Chodankar; who live their life, as if it is 1990.And want to live it like that, till eternity.Respect them.

When we see a "Desi Tourist" aka "Indian Tourist" here, we feel a lot of pity and sorry for them, that's the only emotion. Anger we keep aside, unless, it just rockets away, by their conduct.

Ms.Supriyaa going by your own statement, Goa is highly unsafe, I hope, you don't come back again!

No one has the right for damage to property; but does the "Sense & Sensitivity" is only for the occupants of the car, which was damaged? Or,they should have shown some for the "localite" native aboriginal of Goa too?

The term "road rage" itself was not coined until the 1980s, when a series of high-profile incidents in the United States brought attention to the issue.

One of the earliest known incidents that could be classified as road rage occurred in 1906 in New York City. A taxi driver named Arthur Smith was arrested after attacking a pedestrian with a club during an argument over right-of-way. Smith was charged with assault and fined $100.

In 1947, a driver in Florida was arrested after firing a handgun at a car that cut him off. The driver was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.