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Tidbits: Of a Dreamy Treaty Sunday And unlike most dreary Sundays, this Sunday the October 3, 2004 was a treaty Sunday for me for it was a real ball. First, a Sunday not so dreary before this treaty Sunday, was a Sunday, that made a brand new 'grandpa' out of me. And having resigned to the hatted, booted, tailcoated, cane in the hand pictures of great old grandpas of yore, the Sunday the 26 of September, 2004 was a memorable one, because a good friend of mine gave a ball of a party in 'Midaas Touch' to celebrate his birthing day some sixty years ago so I could celebrate my being a grandpa for the first time, the Midaas Touch way. And true to the fact, every empty glass that I touched, turned out to be a glass full of whiskey. Coming to this dreamy treaty Sunday, it was a feeling like being on the moon traveling in "the eagle" carrying my brand new grandson home from the maternity home, in my old, creaky maruti 800. Next, was to sit alongside with the NCP chief of Goa, Dr. Wilfred D'Souza, to exchange a few heart to heart words, over a samosa and a cup of tea, at the Moira club, not before reminding him that the last time that had brought us together at the same club saw him abandoning my company half-way through my vote of thanks in a meeting of people where I was trying hard to convince them that a watch by the name of 'clock' worn on the 'hand' does look good even if the 'clock' had stopped working a long time ago. That was when he (Dr. Wilfred D'Souza) lost by 50,000 votes to Shripad Naik of the BJP to help his clandestine friend, Manohar Parrikar, to save his IIT'an shirt, in the General elections, like Sonia Gandhi who refused to don India's Prime Minister's mantle only to save her good friend Sushma Swaraj a dreary diet of wet channas for the rest of her life. Coming home, there was a bonus waiting for me in a pile of Sunday newspapers, where, going straight to page 10 of the Gomatak Time's "Weekender" and 'Alexyz Xacuti' describing a point to point commentary of the encounter of Lord Parasurama and Gandhiji where Gandhiji is in Goa at Lord Parasurama's coaxing to check on the progress of IFFI and having had enough of it (IFFI) goes back to tell Lord Parasurama to strike another arrow into Goa to undo the politicians and the builder's lobby. I do hope that incase Lord Parasurama obliges, the arrow should strike the "Mahalaxmi" at Altinho Panaji and turn it into a metallurgist's paradise so that Manohar Parrikar can go back to his old passion of smelting metals to leave the running of politics to sensible persons. And, that was not all. The NT Panorama had old Khushwant Singhji with more to say on 'Politicians' Antics' than Uma Bharati on the Tiranga and Sanyassan tirades. Thanks to Uma Bharati's famous Tiranga Yatra, her paltu followers can now use the tiranga ( India's tri-colours) for table cloths to gamble with cards, eat food and to roll it over on the floor to have a cozy nap, covering themselves with yet other tirangas to keep themselves warm from the biting cold. And maybe the tirangas will come in handy in the morning in the woods after justice is done to the anatomy through 'batli' parades. But I had to brush all the above absolutely aside to make way for Rajesh Singh's "Will IFFI wait be worth it?" in Panorama's "reality check'. I have known Rajesh Singh for a long time. And I have plain tagged him as Manohar Parrikar's paltu kutta. But here was "His Master's Voice" clearing the way for HIS MASTER through the debris of the IFFI to be. Like Khushwant Singhji has said in his above piece that a politician dangles a carrot, a foot in front of the ass's mouth to make it walk on and on in the hope of getting at the carrot, so it seems that Manohar Parrikar has commanded his 'dog' to break the news to the Goan people that the infrastructure may not be ready in time for the IFFI this November. And the dog, which is 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE' has done pretty well at that. Mr. Rajesh Singh! Who are you trying to fool? When it all started, didn't the people of Goa say that Manohar Parrikar is biting more than he can chew? That it would take a better part of two to three years to do what is being planned? Wasn't he his arrogant IIT'an self in maintaining that it could be done in 8 months? Does he now realize that his chums in GSIDC on whom he relied, may not be able to wrangle it? More than that, is it now not apparent that the happiness of a lot of people in Goa, specially of Panjimites has been screwed up these past few months so that Manohar Parrikar's chums may make a lot of money in a giffy from IFFI? You have the cheek of giving us your half baked experiences at the IFFI Delhi last year. And you think that your servile attitude can justify the monumental underestimation by the high flying IIT'an Chief Minister, of the time that was required to accomplish the works that were needed to put IFFI in Panjim at such short notice? And all those who were shouting hoarse that it required more time were all fools? We do know that you are just doing what you are told to do. We also know that if you do not oblige, you will be writing third class series in the Navhind Times back again. But please do not have the gall to tell the Goan public now, that it takes time to build Cannes in Panjim. You too went to Cannes, to see what it was all about, didn't you? So what did you think? That it was a grilled chicken? Please remember that the graves that you and your Master have helped dig in Panjim are big enough to burry a thousand you. Only time will tell. And that time is running out. Have you seen frightened dogs running with their tails between their legs? Be ready to face chappal baths before too long, you and your IIT'an Master. Cheers. Floriano
