FORMER Miss India and fashion designer Meher Castellino had written an essay titled Pioneering Years in his 2012 book Moda Goa: History and Style, published by HarperCollins.

Here are extracts from the piece: Goa in new light Wendell personally flew in the national press to Goa, inviting every high- profile editor to the opening of the Wendell Rodricks Couture Salon ( in Panjim) and later to the fashion shows. The press discovered that, apart from the beaches, there was fashion, shopping and a bustling social life in Goa.