How long do Goans want to get fooled into investing their precious time and energy in the wrong places? Can we learn something from the Telengana movement? These philantropists and spare time activists who descend from their glass castles and pretend to be concerned about the trials and tribulations of the suffering masses are not going to help Save Goa. They are securing their livelihoods. Revolutions were not brought about by the rich who are always known to be part of the system and like Floriano's architects see no other way then to be in the trade for a living. Their thinking is like "Free size knickers", fits according to their needs. Do not tell them to leave their trade and come on the streets. You do the dirty work they will come to adorn your platform.
We must begin asking embarassing questions and finding new ways to tackle our problems. We have to learn to dicern between effective investment and wasteful investment of our time and energies. We have to become empowered ourselves instead of depending on spare time activists to liberate Goa. We must demand accountability from our social activists. We will have to deprive ourselves and our families of some luxuries. The Goan society is getting hopeless with every passing day and is being mentally and psychologically driven into believing that destruction and filth means progress. We are made to believe that migrants have contributed to the economy of Goa. My foot! TRS leader K.Chandrasekhar Rao's remarks that "mere expansion of cities vertically and horizontally does not mean development" is apt for Goa's situation." On the question of outside investment by outsiders in Hyderabad he said, "Fifty years ago Hyderabad was at number five and remains at number five even today. let us ask the question, where was Goa in 1961 and where is it today? We need leaders like K C Rao not like those who give certificates of goanness to Ramanis, Prasads, Lamanis, Singhs and Guptas. We need leaders who have faith in the Gram Sabhas and will not dub them as anarchic. We need leaders who will not compromise on priciples and values even if it comes to losing their livelihood. Only then will we see change in Goa. If not. everything is just a waste of time. Sorry, Goa cannot be save by part time Goans. -Soter D'Souza
