------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- On Dec 19th 1961 Goa was liberated from the colonial rule of the portuguese. Actually only the flags changed and people who used to rule Goa changed but no goan really became free.On the contrary we are bondaged people.Changing of flags have handcuffed us .We are totally depended on our luck and at the mercy of the so called policy makers and policy executioners. Both are b lood suckers.Take for example education. We do not have any freedom to select the type of education we want,the type of subjects we want. The SSC board are l oaded with teachers who spell a felline as kat.We have no freedom to walk freely on the road.Two type of monsters may attack you one with four legs and one wit h two and two tyres.School boys coming from families where money is extra will zoom past you. Roads are narrow and if you own any vehicle and want to go to the city park ing is the problem for over decades.You are at the mercy of the shopkeepers who will see that every blood from your flesh is drained out.Whether it is a meat,or fish vegetables or eggs you are the victim. Your son is harrased in school. He has to study maths which he does not like,science which is made less interesting,drill which he has to do in the hot su n, etc etc.He has been given a computer for one thousand which will start only when you hit it hard.Even when a child grows into an adult and wants to marry a girl of his choice he will have to wage war first with his parents then with the religious heads and if any of the member is of other religion hell with you. At least when war starts in th e country it is one sided.The war in case of partners of different religion is both sides. The catholic parents will not give you NOC,and the hindu parents will lead you to the same junction. If you have courage run and get married and if not then we may find you in the river.You have money and want to build a house, better to live in somebody's corridor than to venture to build a house for you are harrased on all sides and finally you discover you are suffering from diabetes or high cholestrol or blood pressure . O Lord then comes the harrasment by the so called doctors.Already your eyes have popped out and will you survive once you see the doctor? It looks you are back to school.You have to learn lotof things .ecg, fasting blood sugar, CT scan and something i think MER or something rubbish,sonography,and lalita graphy,etc etc.Finally time comes for you to go to the grave.At least you may close your eyes and go peacefully?,I hope so.Your children will curse you.To get death certificate ?.Ifsomeone dies in GMC God forbid.Better to tell the person who is dying please fill the form first so that I can take the certificate along when I take your body.. Then the fight for properyty -suddenly you discover that your father's birth certificate and death certificate is not matching.The fellow who filled the form did not know his proper name and if he was called pedulo for peter, then pedul' lo will appear on the death certificate then the affidavit to state that pedul'lo and paddul'lo and pedro are o ne and the same person as if the notary knows better who you are.If a goan wants to add any name onthe ration card he has to go from Rome to London and from Alaskha to Sao Francisco.But if your bayi wants a full new ration card it will be given to her and she will be asked to bring another ten hundred of bayis .If I build a simple wall round my property i have to do a number of rounds first to the office of the authority and then once I am i nside I have go round and round the chair of my patraom sitting over there.But if my bayii wants to construct a mansion in her neighbours property she can built ten of those houses.She will get water connection, electricity,and her house first will bear a n umber with ( ILL) not sick but illegal even on her ratio ncard and o nthe eve of the elections that ILL will dissappear and she gets a legal title.Where is the freedom here? if I want to throw my bayii I will hve to go to court and go on fighting.You may find that the bayii has already moved out from that place and got another bigger place and this she has sold it to another strong bayii and her mutation has already been done while you are left skin and bones peniless. albert
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