Clearly, Rajan by design or default has contributed in significant manner to the Goa debate over the past two decades.

Nonetheless, the Konkani experience did not stop Rajan from subsequently claiming that the paper under his steering had "demonstrated dramatically its influence by succeeding to get more than 75,000 people for the Konkani language".

When I told Rajan of my decision, he had just one question in mind: where are you going?