Dear Netters, Rightly said. Expecting Rajan to change is hoping for a miracle.It is possible, though entirely unlikely !
Can one really expect Rajan to drop Tara's food column from where ever he goes. He left oHeraldo because of it; whatever the excuse. there are quite a few exceptions to the rule of TGF about brainwashed journos. I would add Mayabushan Nagvekar,Paul Fernandes,Joquim Fernandes,Ashley Noronha,Vijay D'Souza and quite a few others. In fact, few exceptions may justify the rule. As far as I know Dr.Claude Alvares is a Mangalorean[by birth] brought up in Mumbai and married to a Goan. I may be wrong. He is doing a good job in Goa...both in the Goa Foundation and in the Other India Press/Bookshop. Do not be bowled out for a 'duck'...the gluteus maximus is the Indian 'buttock'. Absolutely right. We do not need a caste and communal divide in Goa. We need to find the way forward! Viva Goa. Miguel Braganza ...original MESSAGE..... The truth, what is right, and Goa could go to hell - for all they care. They licked the Portuguese shoes when the Portuguese were in power, they are now licking the present shoes in power. It is NOT only collusion between the Press and the Government. The Goa Press is compromised and brainwashed. The Goa Press is now behaving like a robotic puppet. > > Aren't we generalizing when we talk of the Goa Press, in such terms. Surely there are many conscientious Goa Journos? There are ! BTW: when one talks about a people or > organization, the exceptions do not make the rule. Impressions are based on the majority. > > Who are the good exceptions in the Goa press? Ethel da Costa, Devika Sequeira, Pamela D'Mello, Rajan Narayan, Cyril Da Cunha, Fred Noronha, Rosario, Bosco Eremita de Souza, GR Singbal and a few more. > > What about the other Goa Journos? "....they keep repeating the same lies; and sure enough, someone other than a reporter begins to believe in them.( 1995 Mark Y. Herring ) > > > So what is all this hullabuloo about this IGO? This IGO is set up gluteus maximus forwards! For anything to succeed, the organization must be set up, > and individuals placed in position. In the case of the IGO, it appears that the organization has been built up around Rajan Narayan. Building organization around a single individual is recipe for failure! There is also the "raul" attack on Fred Noronha and the pathetic Rajan Narayan justification of that cowardly attack. TGF still hopes that Rajan Narayan has turned a corner, and has resolved to be different from the Rajan Narayan of the Raul saga era. > There is a real need to oppose the present bigoted and casteist tactics of the BJP in Goa. > IGO is perhaps the only hope.However, if IGO's editor does not resolve to open up > to criticism, and does NOT open up to collaboration with decent Goa Journos, it will only be seen as an attempt to WHIP UP anti-Hindu sentiment among the Christians in Goa, that too for personal Rajan Narayan gain. Whether the 'Rajan Narayan gain' part is true or not, Goans cannot afford a greater Hindu-Christian divide than one that has been developing since 1961. > > The politicians, right from the MGP to the Congress to the present BJP governments, have used politics to divide Goans. The reason: VOTES! > Even so, Goa certainly does not need Rajan Narayan or anyone else to add fuel to the fire. > > Goa will outlive this present BJP attack on freedoms. Newspapers have come and gone, Governments have come and gone, Goans are still there, and despite it all, > have enjoyed very good, Hindu-Catholic-Muslim ekta. Let us, Goans, not be like the Lenin's "useful idiots" and allow personal agendae to cloud community priorities. > > Hopefully, the IGO folks will read this and think about his. Hopefully, Rajan Narayan will disabuse himself of the belief that he is the present "Goemcho Saib". He is not! > > Hopefully, the IGO will be run by a board which will invite the good Goa Journos to join as equal partners with equal voices. That includes Valmiki Faleiro. They may not > accept the invitation, but IGO must be seen to be open to inviting detractors. And hopefully, IGO will relegate that awful Tara Narayan food section to where it belongs - thrash! > > TGF > October 27, 2003 > > (corrections and opposing comment welcome.) > To respond directly to any post [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/22/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
