Dear Colaco,
Is it not the current practice/trend to take/accept 'Bakshish' in the name of donations, even in the schools during admission?
You cannot get your child admission in any school without one.
-Seb
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JC's response:
Dear Seb,
I understand that Private Schools are atleast some extorting exhorbitant amounts of funds from the families of prospective students.
Some of the funds requested are justified - but not ALL. I believe that this practice started initially to enable private schools to afford better facilities to attract better students. When the money potential was recognised, the amount demanded by the "in demand" schools went up.
Now, this stuff has become a BUSINESS. Manipal has become MONEYpal.
Even so, my question is: Do most Goans go to these schools? Are there NO schools in Goa for those who refuse/cannot afford to pay up this bakshish? (unlike telephone, ration card, electrical connection and Panchayat licenses etc ....for which there is NO other avenue)
Are Catholic Schools demanding this level of Bakshish too? If so they may have taken the SHINING Swadeshification Gas to a new level. If so too, their names should be exposed. May be the new Patriarch will strike while the iron is hot.
May I also ask if this extortion was known (this common) before 1961?
If not, may be that is one point which our Goa Press chaps will write something about. Or will they? Are these fellas NOT in the business MARGINALISING activists e.g. Claude Alvares, Another Goa, Rolandbab and Floriano Lobo + countless others who struggle for the disadvantaged?
Aren't they not receiving Bakshish from Goa Gorrment? - in one form or another ( I ask because I do not know) ( Please tell me that I am wrong)
But then again, this might be the Liberation and Vibrant Democracy that we hear all kind of platitudes about from the Swadeshi fellas.
And....... Silencio from the Turmeric panderers.
jc
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===> earlier JC's input:
Dear Gabe,
In general, Goans refuse to bribe and be bribed.
BUT I will add the following:
Since 1961, Goans in Goa have increasingly been arm-twisted into the "PAY UP or ELSE" diktat from the mainly non-Goan civil servants. These non-Goans come from a Bakshish tradition. There is NO question about that.
While a good number Goans succumb to the pressures, Many Goans have refused and suffered the consequences (quite knowingly and willingly) of NOT playing by the Bakshish rules of the system.
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