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Sub: THE GOAN GENE POOL To the Chief Minister of Goa goes the dubious distinction of being the only CM who insults his people time and again. First it was his comment about the "lack of guts" of hapless Mala residents who had their residences defaced by the PNS. His latest take is that Goa's "gene pool" will not "generate top class IT wizards" but is only fit for producing "takers in BPO jobs, call centres and operator jobs". (Parrikars exclusive interview with GT, June 26). In case the CM has forgotten his roots, he comes from the same "gene pool" as the rest of us Goans. And as he never fails to remind us, he has made it to IIT. And in case he thinks that he is the only creditable exception to the rule, it might be pertinent to bring to his notice the fact that many Goans have left the shores of Goa due to lack of job opportunities and done extremely well for themselves in the national and international IT industry, and in very many other spheres. And unlike Mr. Parrikar, who had to quit his career in metallurgy and take refuge in politics, these dynamic and enterprising Goans have stuck to their careers in their respective fields and have moved on to excel and brought credit to themselves, and benefit to the place of their adoption, only because we do not have the opportunities in Goa. A Chief Minister who obviously thinks so little of the people he has been assigned to lead, will definitely formulate policies in keeping with his poor opinion of the people and lead them on a road to nowhere, despite all the hype and the PR, he might generate, which incidentally is an integral characteristic of the BJP. The Chief Minister should stop using ordinary citizens as an scapegoats for the failures and inadequacies of his Government and move to provide Goans opportunities to display the actual greatness and potentiality of the "gene pool" they come from. Diana Pinto
