Alice my friend says the Goa election is making her curiouser and curiouser with all the colorful characters displaying their hidden and not so hidden talents for one and all to see!
Her gripe is simple: why no prostitute in the Goa election race - after all, among other things isn’t it a race for money? Now, now, I try to calm her but my words of wisdom fall on deaf ears. She says a lot of women have no money and are dependent on men: Goa is not Europe! Women here do not have an independent income, and all a woman owns is her body! And, she adds, this is true of single women only. Her philosophy is easy to understand as our history supports what she wants to achieve - real equality for women. Women have no respect and have maybe more rights in the constitution then men - note carefully, only in the constitution. On the ground a lot of women are not even safe. She says men can line up and visit her in private as she is more than willing to show off parts of her body in private to one man at a time. She says showing parts of her body in private is her manifesto - an attempt to convince the voter to vote for her. Men give money away to other men during elections in private - one at a time - so what is the difference she wants to know! I am showing the voter my own body in private and not giving away dirty black money she screams. Is this legal?
