WHAT A STATE OF AFFAIRS! When I go to the Porvorim post office, The clerk takes about 10 minutes for one customer, and he cannot/ will not do any writing work because the printer is not working. On asking I am cheerfully told the matter has been reported 8 days back! The queue in the meantime is getting longer. The notice at the counter, that no work involving printer can be done is faded and almost unreadable. More surprising, people patiently tolerate all this patiently.Prices in the market are atrocious. CarrotsRs110/kg, tomatoes Rs90/-, bananas Rs60/doz and so on! The less said about the power and internet reliability the better. Instead of bothering about our problems in our daily lives that make it miserable, the government just adds to it by enacting laws to suit its own agenda. Enamoured by the antics of Modi and Shah entourage, the people are applauding these dynamics, which they do not really understand and suffering in silence. The climate of mistrust and antagonism being built up is frightenning. Desicrations are happenning in Goa again, and in other parts of India killing of pilgrims, vigilantism, ruling party/VIP arrogance going unchecked. When I scan the media, I see agitations and trouble all across our nation, Our border areas under threat, China encircling India and helping Pakistan in its nefarious agenda in Pakistan. Isn't it high time all those silent in the majority community speak up without fear and like beads in a Mala or Rosary every person/ religion is one bead, all joined together with the unity in diversity which the world admires us for? John Eric Gomes Porvorim (Tel 2417837)
