Gabriel de Figueredo wrote: Goa has not been "liberated" at all, the way the Indian Armed Forces have behaved so far. All they appear to want to do is to crush the Goan spirit, and to brainwash its people, by force if need be. You may not have experienced their attitudes to civilians first hand - I have, on two occasions, both when I was a teen: once in 1967, then in 1973. __________________________________________________________
Very true indeed. I remember an instance when I parked on the road by the side of the military establishment near the Collectorate in Panjim. I was approached by a thuggish looking creep armed with rifle and ordered to move away from where I parked. I was very firm and told him that I was on public road, over which they had no hold or authority. I attempted to report this to the Panjim Police station, but was directed to make the complaint to the PMC instead. Disgusted, I just gave up as I felt I was being handballed, and that nobody wanted to interfere with the military. The army has no respect for the people of Goa, and have proved it time and again. Take for example the case of the Merces spring. This was a lovely spring where all of us used to go for a bath on hot days when we were young. Today the spring is contaminated and stinks foul. The army has put up septic tanks right over the source of the spring, and no one seems to care. The people of Merces have tried their best, but looks like it has all fallen on deaf ears. I am not sure of the present status as I have been out of touch with the subject for some time. But the fact remains as Gabriel rightly pointed out. The army considers Goa as their spoils of war. salus
