“As an outsider you must be thinking Goa is so modern, so free, so happy, right? But have you spoken to us Goan women?” said Anami Harmalkar, a 48-year-old single mother of two who lives in Anjuna.
In political hoardings and poll promises by parties, the focus on women is clear ahead of the assembly elections this year. Goa, after all, is among 13 states and union territories with more women voters than men﹘with 52 percent of the electorate consisting of women as per 2019 figures.
