Hi Diana— Splendid. In future analysis consider also applying “omniscient” (all knowing/ergo, all seeing) to their xanneaponnam. Indeed, omnipresence would be a whole other dope trope for these of our 5,000 year and counting civilization.
Thank you. —Venantius J Pinto On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Edwin Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > I read with interest Defence Minister Parrikar’s strongly worded criticism > of NGOs who “stall government projects by dragging them to courts or > tribunals”. This exhibits a very a dismaying, undemocratic and fascist > mindset that governments are omnipotent and above and beyond being > questioned by the people. Goans apparently, are now being ordered to keep > their brains and their opinions in cold storage and blindly and obediently > concur with each and every dictate of the government – perhaps the BJP > concept of democracy. What does Mr. Parrikar feel about consultation with > people before the government rams projects down their throats? After all, > aren’t the people stakeholders in the land and main affected parties in > decisions taken by the government? And it is people who comprise NGOs. > Governments are only caretakers for five years. > > It is also surprising that Mr. Parrikar feels so strongly that NGOs should > take up issues of his choice like the Mhadei diversion, which his BJP > govenrnment presumably cannot handle. NGOs have the freedom to take up > issues that they feel are important. If the state BJP government that Mr. > Parrikar started in 2012 cannot handle the Mhadei and other issues, with > the entire state machinery at its command, and requires NGOs who are > chugging along on their own steam and efforts, then perhaps it may be time > for this government to admit its incapability and resign. And instead of > asking for investigations into the finances of these NGOs, ironically from > a government that is building all these projects by submerging our state in > an insurmountable mountain of financial debt, it might be more prudent to > hand over governance to these NGOs instead. > > Diana Pinto >
