The Conquest takes on a new manifestation. And this happened on private property. Police seeking novim fittan (ribbons)?!
Venantius J Pinto On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:26 PM Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > All strength and power to the voice of Goencho Avaaz. > > You speak for us. > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > > On Dec 24, 2020, at 7:48 PM, Edwin/Diana Pinto <eddipi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > For the first time in the state’s history, Goa Liberation Day 2020 was > > marred by the shocking and unprecedented rounding up of innocent youth > and > > citizens by the Goa police. By now, not only Goa, but the rest of the > > nation are aware and conversant with the distasteful and highly > condemnable > > incidents that occurred. Citizens and youth seeking to celebrate > Liberation > > Day on a private property were at the receiving end of heavy handed, > > tyrannical and unwarranted police repression, that included an > unbelievable > > hijacking of buses to multiple and undisclosed locations across Goa. > > > > These incidents, which succeeded in turning Goa Liberation Day 2020 into > a > > dark chapter of Goa’s history, also shed light upon the following > > unpalatable truths : > > > > 1. Based on the predictable Gujarat model of governance, where a wall was > > constructed to conceal the squalor of a slum on the path of a Trump-Modi > > roadshow, the Goa Government sought to sanitize the capital city of all > > citizens that they feared might mar the carefully crafted illusion of > model > > governance and contented populace. > > > > >