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RE; Godfrey Gonsalves' of Nov 26 on "IFFI 2004: Goa CM praises ..." 1. The CM has discussed the criticism he has faced listing 6 sources. These actually boil down to a) political including rivals b) vested interests and c) unfounded. Regarding (c) I would suggest that much of it may be the CM's own fault as he has unfortunately not been willing or able to "educate" the people and carry them along with him in this new venture. The bulk of the information about IFFI has appeared in the public domain only in the last few weeks that too in bits and pieces! 2. It is not known why the "connected infrastructure" practically along a 25 km stretch through Panjim was taken up simultaneously instead of concentrating on the IFFI. As a result the immediate surroundings of the IFFI infrastructure still wear an incomplete look 24 hours before the start of proceedings. But even now there is much talk about "similar development" of other parts of Goa instead of keeping this as separate from IFFI. So the distinction doesnt fool anyone. 3. It is not known why there was no question about governance in Goa coming practically to a standstill because of the CM's preoccupation with IFFI this past year. If he is going to personally have to supervise construction work at 2:00 in the night (due perhaps to his engineering interests) one can imagine the deleterious effects on leadership concentration and energy. Perhaps too much was made just for the sake of impressing a handful of foreign delegates for an annual (still not certain) event and not enough for the people of Panjim and Goa. 4. Let us hope there will be a full accounting of the IFFI proceedings in an expeditious way in the near future and we will be told in clear terms which elements of the program fell short and which (if any) exceeded expectations.