Dear readers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7cpZqPYl_4 Can someone kindly let us know the year when the above song was written and by whom as there is a very important line at minute 1.40 that says "poixe ghott dhorta" (money tight holds), in order words hesitant to part with money in this instance for their bus ride. If you agree, "poixe ghott dhorta" appears to be the same mental attitude of our people as much today as it was when this song was first written, nothing really seems to have changed. Our musicians and entertainers have kept us going over the years only to be short changed by people who copy their items and resell at lower rates reducing their opportunities of earning an income to progress making new films, entering new creative ventures and even create employment. My other heros are the sons and daughters of the soil in Goa and around the world who till the land to produce our daily bread found in the market and delivered to your doorstep and the roadside in all weathers. Here again you will find haggling instead of just paying for the perishable goods essential for daily living which causes prices to rise and fall. Only last year I heard that one had to pay a few rupees for four carrots and now you have to pay the same number of rupees for two carrots (not the carots in gold brought out for an airing at kazar and festa dis). Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 5 April 2014
