We should dutifully think, "Kicking sand in Goa’s eyes." :) I remember, many years ago, one of CCs distant relatives, a very young woman popped shot (airgun) into the "culo" of one of the "sand scavengers." The police jumped up and down. F¨ˆ∆˙ƒ© leyin cholonk sorle ( walk the legal path). It got dealt with sans any further trauma to her, who was strictly protecting the family's property.
We have to alter our mindsets as to how we see ourselves as Indians. The idea is not to shake hands with all around, run around with those goofy grins, indulge in bullshit jokes, nod that we are all the same, allow thoughts and constructs to be diminished. In doing so we have nothing left other than a few tchotchkes, pointless baubles, a somewhat fancy kurta, a sherwani, a diwan and worse ( ADD HERE ). Feni and choris pau do not make a culture, other than stiffening up slacking spines, and only just a bit! We do not have to be anything that any force/s around us say or attribute our being to. Venantius J Pinto On 10/17/15, V M <[email protected]> wrote: > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Throwing-sand-in-Goas-eyes/articleshow/49435383.cms > > One of the most infamous, notoriously crime-infested industries on the > planet is on its way to legalization by the Goa government. According > to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, sand mining will begin across > the state next month, in 24 river and estuary locations, for which "we > have gone ahead formulating terms and conditions". Unsurprisingly, a > total of 550 applications have already been received from eager > businessmen, a crowd rushing to cash in on the latest bonanza. > > River sand—Goa's is of particularly high quality—is prized for making > glass, but is also a key ingredient for mixing concrete, the basic > building block of every construction and infrastructure project > everywhere in the world. Other than water and air, sand is the natural > resource most consumed by humans. The legal global trade is worth $70 > billion per year, but the black market is many times larger. > Relentless, unending demand for sand causes immense havoc on river, > delta and marine ecosystems around the world. > > The Supreme Court of India warned about the "alarming rate of > unrestricted sand mining" in 2012, recording that India's riverine > ecology was being rapidly degraded. Following up a few months later, > the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned in India's riverbeds all sand > mining that is conducted without explicit clearance from the > environment ministry. But there has been no such clearance issued for > Goa, even though illegal mining continued to flourish after the NGT > order. > > As with the so-called "industry" of casinos, successive Goa > governments—and political elites of all parties—seem determined to > attract the most dubious parties to roost in India's once-tranquil > smallest state. For just like gambling, sand mining is associated with > criminality, money laundering and the black market everywhere it > exists in the world. In India alone, "sand mafias" have been recently > responsible for hundreds of murders—policemen, bureaucrats, > journalists, common citizens—while they conduct illegal trade worth > millions of dollars every day.
