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Nice article. Very insightful. Valmiki should know. Apart from being a
journalist, he was also the head of the Margao municipality (as stated
in the article)! And he makes it his business to stay informed :-) FN
> On 17/12/06, Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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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