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* * * 2006 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * *
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WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 21, 2006 @ 4:00pm
More info:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-December/051747.html
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On 17/12/06, Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A LIFE FOR Rs.50,000/-
> By Valmiki Faleiro
>
> They first stoked public sentiment into a simmering ire. Then, with equal
> guile, on the
> evening of December 18, 1986, at Panjim's Azad Maidan, they lit the powder
> keg. A
> full-blown people's agitation burst forth. They pitched their public image as
> 'leaders.'
> Nay, as saviours of Goa.
>
> End of the day, they, the leaders, turned heroes, the rest who followed,
> zeroes.
> Including seven, who laid down their lives. People who gave their sweat for
> the
> Konknni agitation, felt cheated. With "Morati Konknni" stuffed down their
> throats.
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> With a population of 1.3 million, our infrastructure -- roads, power, water,
> sewage,
> garbage disposal -- is already moaning and groaning. Imagine the chaos with
> more
> than double that population, which the RP's 29% + 21% magic wand facilitates.
> The
> RP rocks the balance between available resources and sustainable development.
>
> The RP will swamp not just civic infrastructure and topography, but Goa's
> very identity
> and ethos -- via a tsunami-scale demographic change. Goa will remain Goa only
> in
> name. 'Goenkarponn' will vanish. Nothing will be left for Goans to build
> homes. A stray
> Goan in a future metropolitan jungle will become the new tourist attraction.
RESPONSE:
Dear Valmiki,
I applaud and salute you, for taking up the cudgel on behalf of the
under privileged and down trodden, as well as for your unstinting
support in civic matters.
You are a man after my own heart, it is through continued perseverance
and right is might, attitude that eventually, we shall reap the seeds
we now sow. The people should not only become more vociferous but
should take to the streets as is now being done !
The pen is mightier than the sword...
Viva Goa, Viva Goenkars !
--
DEV BOREM KORUM.
Gabe Menezes.
London, England
