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When I first came to Goa, in order to stay here 'long'; i made companionship with a villager far away from shoreline. we used to frequent the same 'den'.

i was shocked when he told me, he had high BP.

i mean, how can you live in paradise and suffer from hypertension?
But since then, I have been wiser.

Goa could very well be the 'Diabetes Capital' of India, if you take the quantum of population effected by it.

And it's certainly man-made, because Diabetes is a lifestyle disease and so is Hypertension.

All about the choices you make !
In #Goa , Hypertension is called 'Pressure' fondly.

Unbelievably, people take so much pride in having this morbid slow& silent death.

Because if you have 'Pressure', you must have a lot to worry about, which means, you have a lot to 'do' about, which means you are 'big shot'
In #Goa, if you walk down even to Tito from your home, like 1 odd km, you would be considered bankrupt, or something utterly wrong with your finances.

If there is a home-scooter invented, which could take Goemkars to potty from bedroom, 99% of #Goa would buy it instantly.
The only fit people I have seen so far in #Goa are the foreign tourists. Rest are busy counting the increasing bank balances (or ensuring that they increase) in their several accounts and popping pills.
There is a proverb in Hindi :

"Chiraag taley andhera!!"

Aptly fit for unfit Goemkars.

#IncredibleGoa
May be 'Daactor' @DrPramodPSawant might lead to a fitter #Goa by posting pics of him exercising daily, rather than posting about the various policies, which could never found on any of the innumerable websites of Govt Of Goa.

Lead from front 'Daactor'!
And let's forget about even the basics of Microeconomics 'Daactor', plain 'commonsense' suggests it is so advantageous, if you show the right way.

Less capital expenditure on healthcare & hospitals, because people are fit means, that finally money is available for new Raj-Bhavan
And let's not ask about the 'health' of our honourable Health Minister @visrane .

We have never seen his posts about him exercising etc.

I mean, C'mon as a Health Minister, it is utter 'common-sense' that you post pics on SM exercising, just for the heck of it.

It is expected.
Trust me 'Vishy', you are bringing a lot of dis-respect to all management graduates, already!

C'mon, you can surely be better than this.

All you have to do is to wear tracksuits and post pic, it shall take just 2 minutes. Do it, for Goemkars.

The Siolim MLA would also follow!
There is a proverb in Hindi :

Jaan Hai To Jahaan Hai.

Paraphrased For Goemkars :

Jahaan Hai, To Jaan Bhi Bachaa Leingey!

#IncredibleGoa
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