Umesh Tolu Gaonkar could have easily found a job as a lecturer in a college. He had offers as well — after all he was a postgraduate in Konkani. But he decided to seek his destiny instead in growing orchids.
Goankar lives in Cotigao, a village that is a blip on the map of Goa. Located over 96 km from Panaji, this village is right in the middle of the Cotigao wildlife sanctuary and it takes nearly three hours to get there.
The road that leads to the centre of the village is tarred and the drive through the lush. . .
