r/india • u/sree_1983 • Nov 30 '13
[Weekly Discussion]: Lets talk about Daman and Diu
| Union Territory | Daman and Diu |
|---|---|
| Website | http://www.daman.nic.in/ |
| Population | 242,911 |
| Administrator | B. S. Bhalla |
| Capital | Daman |
| Offical Language | Hindi,English, Gujarathi, Marathi,Gujarati |
| GDP | |
| Sex ratio | 618 |
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u/cnj2907 Dec 01 '13 edited Dec 01 '13
I forgot to add, if the war to free Goa, Diu, Daman and Dadara Nagar Haveli didn't happen, my parents would never have met.
My mom was born in the Portuguese Mozambique in 1955. She is the youngest among 6 siblings. My maternal grandparents had come down for my eldest Mama's wedding in 1960 (My mama got married to my bua (dad's sister) my dad was 12 then and my was 5 so they are basically childhood buddies).
Due to the war, the Portuguese evicted all the Indians from Mozambique and those who were not present were asked to stay back and not to return. My super rich Nanajee (maternal grandpa) was from riches to rags over night due to this war and they had to settle here and start over everything from scratch.
But gradually my dad asked from my mom's hand when he got old enough and here I am posting on reddit because of the war happened in 1961. :)
Edit: Minor corrections
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Dec 02 '13
Interesting. I have a Goan friend whose dad was born in Portuguese Mozambique.
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u/cnj2907 Dec 02 '13
Aha? Is he a Gujju? Might be my cousin because one of my Mamas is settled in Goa
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u/tomcat1011 Nov 30 '13
I dont know much about the place but I once lost 1st place in an inter school quiz at the tie breaker when I regretfully screamed Silvassaaaa as the capital on the tie breaker.
Sniff.
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u/cnj2907 Nov 30 '13
I have been to Diu 2-3 times... Daman once....
Diu is very much like Gujarat. There are a few places like Diu Fort and Diu Museum and a Church (don't remember much about church, I was superdrunk when I entered the church and some Christian Propaganda movie was being played on projector inside. My friends were sober enough to know that I would start calling bullshit on things so they dragged me out as soon as they doubted that something might go wrong)
We Generally go to Diu or Daman as a weekend getaway, cozy and pocket friendly hotels and extremely cheap booze.
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u/tomcat1011 Nov 30 '13
props to your friends! :D
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u/cnj2907 Nov 30 '13
True! I become extremely intolerant to such propaganda when I am drunk.
On another occasion, I was visiting Goa to attend IFFI in 2009. Me and my friend had rented a flat instead of getting a hotel as it was a cheaper and very good option. We moved in the flat at around 10:30 in the night after whole days activities. There were 2-3 girls and 2-3 guys partying in the flat compound. Beers, bonfire and a little masti. They invited us to join. One thing led to another the discussion led to religions. They were all Catholic and I started calling on a few things in the bible. I was up for open minded discussion and they were on instant hate mode. It later on converted into a heated argument and my friend had to drag me inside the flat.
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Dec 01 '13
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u/cnj2907 Dec 01 '13
I didn't know in the beginning that they were Catholics... I was a chutiya back then btw.... I have very different view on the point of religion... Atheist turned to Theist here...
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u/MarkMcGuinness Nov 30 '13
How much of Portuguese influence does Daman & Diu have? Is Portuguese still spoken/understood? Do they have Indo - Latin music/culture like Goa?
What are the sites worth visiting?
Is the native culture similar to Gujarat's?
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u/philosophyhurts Dec 03 '13
Diu - Daman are mostly famous for Booze than anything else as it is located in close proximity to the Dry-State Gujarat.
Most of the people that I have known do travel to Diu Daman for a weekend getaway.
I wish to start a brewery over there someday. I want my fellow indians to taste IPAs.
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u/KhurrWakThooo Nov 30 '13
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Dec 01 '13
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u/SorollmefurtherBitch Dec 01 '13
Yep. Daman as a tourist destination sucks. Great, cheap booze. But that is it.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '13
618 is a very low sex ratio.