Merely garlanding and paying floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi once a year is not the way Forward. A true tribute to the great Father of our nation would be to live up to his great ideal “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”
Gandhiji would have expected us never ever to compromise or surrender our fundamental right to speak out openly and candidly against anything that is wrong. Let us never hesitate in taking the bull by the horn. The cancer of corruption, nepotism and bad governance that has engulfed Goa needs to be dealt with an iron hand. In battling this, death at the most is what we may have to face, but it is a very small price to pay for the larger good of our now sinking Goa. And in the words of Robert Kennedy “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance”. Truly by our deeds (and not by loud empty protestation) may we deserve the blessings of our Father of the Nation, from his heavenly abode! Bow to his revered memory! Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com
