Re: [Goanet] The invasion of the security guards
Hi Rajan: Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gated_communities We could all do our bit to stop it happening. But are we first willing to stay at home, Probably become coconut pluckers instead. Not get seduced by globalisation. Or think of engineering, finance or journalism jobs that show us the good things in life. Are we up to it? Do we have what it takes? Or will we just crib when some things don't go our way? FN On 07/11/2007, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Goanet - You find them everywhere these days. By everywhere I mean not just in Goa but in all the Indian metros. Young men from Bihar, Jharkhand, and UP dressed in uniforms and posted as guards. They mill around apartment complexes, malls, banks, offices - they are everywhere. -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/
Re: [Goanet] The invasion of the security guards
To Goanet - To further sharpen my point, take a look at this picture - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/guard.jpg He was the guard (Shri Tripathi, from UP) at my bank in Panjim. I had had it with the mayhem at the queues at the cashier's counter. This fellow would simply stand there and stare at the ceiling while people cut lines, shoved and pushed their way. One day I told him that he should be doing his duty and enforcing order at the lines, and I walked out. He came running after me and pleaded, Sahib, people scold me if I tell them anything. Please tell me what I should do. My response: You are the fellow with the big gun. Shoot them. I don't think you can have a better illustration of the absurdity of this security guard charade we now have on our hands. Warm regards, r
[Goanet] The invasion of the security guards
To Goanet - You find them everywhere these days. By everywhere I mean not just in Goa but in all the Indian metros. Young men from Bihar, Jharkhand, and UP dressed in uniforms and posted as guards. They mill around apartment complexes, malls, banks, offices - they are everywhere. In Gurgaon where I lived at the beginning of this year, and in Bangalore where I currently live, it is a full-fledged orchestra at any major gated complex. One fellow to peer into the car (to be joined by the rest of the orchestra if the occupant happens to be a lady), another to query the driver, the third to say, no, you can't go in, which is at once sorted out when you, the imperious Indian sahib, assume your airs and threaten dire consequences. Tattered registers are brought out, names numbers jotted down (all by different fellows), and finally, an order is issued in chorus to the final member, the technical expert, to push the gate lever. The icing on the cake is, whenever a major theft occurs within the complex, complicity of the guards is the first thing to be suspected. I haven't yet seen this level of absurdity in Goa but we are getting there quickly. The security guard provides you anything but security. His primary function is to snore his nights away and while his days chatting with a fellow non-uniformed ghatis - there is always at least one on offer, loitering around. I see it at my Panjim bank all the time, even at nights. Translated into plain English, the guard is simply a bum fouling Goan space, making money for his security agency as a billable body. There are so many of them now that Yatin Parekh and his cohorts must have already worked out their vote bank calculus. Warm regards, r
