Needless to point out, BUT as culture, it is honorable to be clear about what is not acceptable. We have to teach and be on the same plane as to what we do not wish our place to be. One must really at least at this hour, give up on that crap: Makam kitem poddlam. The horrors have come to roost. After the Eagles won the superbowl, the Eagle fans vandalized and rioted in riotous joy. WTF. What allows that? The point is that individuals exhibit distressing practices where they can get away with it. Harder to do so in Russia, and worse harder for an Indian to get away. There are many permutations and combinations. Its pusillanimity, and harder when governance is not firm and clear that somethings are downright crass.
Tourists often walk into weddings, and some shithead uncle starts fawning on them. What is that about? For those who are confused — It has nothing to do with hospitality. We as a culture have to be clear what is unacceptable. It is about saying please do not do this, we find it revolting. Insulting! Its about rethinking live and let live through a pathetic: Makam kitem poddlam. It is about writing OpEds against such practices, it is about shaming. It is about beat reporters pointing it out, using ridicule. Using their own theorists and social thinkers against them. But it is not about screaming at them, unless one has the balls to fight, or trusts ones wit / witticisms, is willing to take a hit, or perhaps many. It always comes down to that. Its about eschewing: Makam kitem poddlam. It is about being logically astute. It is about cartoonists f*&^king the brains of the boors, and a designers designing posters. It is about having the “bureau of publicity (?)” and the tourist department designing a reverse campaign via video and posters and putting that in airports and critical neighborhoods. Something on the lines of “Make this your home while you are here. Do not S°IT in the place you say you LOVE. LOVE ≠ S•°IT. I am not putting on my design hat, but you guys get the drift. There should be no tolerance, OTHERWISE it will be a perpetual BITCH and MOAN, with some MOO thrown in. Its about fleeing away from: Makam kitem poddlam. That too is important. Modernity is a game of wits. One cannot have ones cake and eat it too. One cannot decide to gouge people, one cannot expect to have upscale tourists, once cannot expect no prostitution. Its about doing things, setting guidelines. Its about bringing those grand tenets of Hinduism to bear upon civil society, or am I one of the few other than the politicians who know this. They must sincerely practice Sanathan dharma in all its aspects. Show me something. Its about having debates centered around shastras. Its about never saying Makam kitem poddlam. —Venantius J Pinto On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:17 AM, Stephen Dias <[email protected]> wrote: > SMASHING THE > GLASS BOTTLE > > Elvidio Miranda > > When Hillary Clinton was on the verge of an election victory, the women in > America led by her said that they would break the glass ceiling. Whenever > women were on the verge of any path-breaking achievement, it was always the > fashion and fact that they were breaking the glass ceiling. In Goa, > however, it has been noticed that a section of the domestic tourists in > particular are smashing the glass bottles, of beer or other alcoholic > drinks. I have noticed many a times that these rowdy elements in fact smash > the glass bottles from which they seem to get some sadistic pleasure. > Tourists in Goa should be fined heavily and a tough mechanism should be put > in place to bring these rowdy elements to their senses. Several cases of > besides glass bottle breaking like strewing garbage and even answering > nature's call have been observed by these anti-social section of tourists. > In light of such atrocious behaviour, it is right on the part of TCP > minister Vijai Sardesai having called these elements as the scum of the > earth. Goa should welcome only those tourists who abide by our social > values and who have civil civic sense.. >
