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16-18, May 2008 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mario Goveia <mgoveia at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I must commend Wendell Rodricks for this heartfelt > and constructive appeal for action at the village > and Panchayat level. This is in stark contrast with > some armchair critics on Goanet who have demonized > the Panchayats and their leaders as corrupt > Carvalho elisabeth_car at yahoo.com Sat May 17 04:01:21 PDT 2008 > This post of yours is comical, considering that Gadgil in his post today tells us of corrupt panchayats. Here is his exact quote: > "by what right is the Panchayat giving NOCs unilaterally? Why are Panchayats in such a tearing hurry to give NOCs without proper procedures?" > Mario responds: > You have obviously not read or understood Wendell Rodrick's article, where he puts Panchayats squarely in the middle of controlling the village environment, and describes his personal experience in their accessibility and responsiveness. > When a villager can stroll over and have a cup of chai with his fellow-villager, the Sarpanch, or kick his backside if necessary, that is a lot more effective than trying to influence Digambar Kamath or his cronies who are far less accessible. > What I find really comical is that a) Gadgil has your number when he says, "Selma, you have introduced red herrings like whether Gram Sabha permission is required before a pipeline is laid. Nobody has raised issues about such things.", and b) your support for the status quo that has created the mess in Goa in the first place. > Selma writes: > This is a bit embarrassing for you eh? Guess it was bound to happen when you rely entirely on second-hand hearsay. As we say in shasti konkani, "noz besti". > Mario responds: > Not at all. Wendell Rodrick's account was a personal, first-hand account, not second hand hearsay. Hearsay is what you have engaged in with your unrecognizable red herrings, as Gadgil rightly pointed out. >