------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Floriano responded a bit sarcastically to the idea of a revolution in Goa being put forward by a poster on this forum. But sarcasm is welcome when the alternative is to panic, accept & take whatever is told you, lay down & be trodden upon by those who want your land, not to know WHAT to do when you see your country being humiliated by outsiders is one thing but to simply pooh pooh someone's ideal is not on. I was a bit tough on the proposer of the idea to start a little revolution but it was done in for the good of the poster, he was not taking some aspects of his revolution to right all the wrongs of Goa & was over-enthusiastic. But a bit of sarcasm here & there does put some spice into the argument & I accept this, however when you take it down to street level, remember how close to home some of the Goan ideals have deteriorated over the past decade! The total lack of control of internal immigration in some quarters of Goa has reached unacceptable levels. WHY does Goa need so many Villas & swimming pools for the tourists' 2nd homes? If its legal & proper immigration, ie retirement or working in Goa, that is one thing but some parts are European enclaves! Old, young & vunerable people are afraid to out even in daylight in some places, not so much because of the Europeans (Goans have got used to Europeans, Portuguese & English etc for hundreds of years) but we have heard some horror stories, including a warning from another poster about the disgusting state of some streets and areas where tourists are being warned not to thread (and so the tourist will go elsewhere, leaving the garbage & its inhabitants to revel in it). Downgrading Goa yet again. Prices of property may be going up in some areas, but I know many places where not even Goans want to live, its a no-go area in some places already! Other places are way above any Goan can afford, unless he or she is rich. Dont panic, its not all over yet! This forum, and others springing up all over the place are doing so to ensure more Goans & friends of Goans are able to contribute something, if not financially, then their expertise in how to get something done about the plight of corruption, filth, religious rivalry, political in-balance, authority figures are being ousted here and there, named and shamed (eventually we hope to be removed from their posts, permanently prohibited to enter politics again), name & shame the baddies. but with PROOF!!. Please, DO moan & groan, rant & rave about the what bothers YOU and YOUR family, then speak up in GROUPS (always best done in groups, not individually, as you can imagine, I dont have to tell you why), but dont give up the chance to do something about it. No guillotines are necessary, most often than not, the pen IS mighter than the sword, the spoken & written word can cut down any criminal, be it in a judicial court or out on the street, it all depends on WHO says it, WHY it is said and the WAY it is said, and in front of WHOM, but always with PROOF!. Dont despair & escape to cold comfort, talk to your friends & relatives, speak to neigbours who are concerned about the goings on within YOUR home & work area & come onto this forum for advice from those in the know, get listened to by the doers on this forum, after all its IS all about YOUR Goa, OUR Goa, its not just about your neighbourhood, in the short, medium AND long term its all about preservation of what is, what Goa is. There is no other place like it in the whole of India. You can name Kerala & a dozen other places no doubt but compare like for like & there is no other place like Goa, no matter who you are, once you have breathed in Goa, the air is never as fresh anywhere else. Is it? Some streets, well quite a few streets actually maybe its best to just hold your breath, but a good clean up will bring back the ozone! Dont need guns or guillotines for that, just common sense & judicial help, but if you permit other areas to be done over, then it wont be long before it encroaches upon your own doorstep. Stop the seeds of destruction from cementing over the sea shore line, your paddy fields being filled & more houses being built for the rich outsiders, or a new housing complex for the Europeans to buy up & raise the price of housing beyond your grasp, certainly how will your sons & daughters, and in many cases your extended families ever be able to afford to live in a house again? Everyone in high rise super apartments, as long as you can afford the cost. But the cost is not only monetary cost.... social engineering is the evil peeking over the garden wall waiting for you move out................... Dont let it happen, tell them to go to hell, in a handcart, if necessary we will all bunch together and begin protests, placards & marching........... and chanting! Look at Mayanmar, the protests are being led by the monks, even religion has its place & is respected by the autocratic goverment, since the world is watching and all the protests are peaceful, no law is being broken, just the way Mohandas Gandi led the way to rid India of the colonialists, so can Goans do the same, in peaceful protests, maybe with the help of Catholic & Hindu Priests, Muslim Imams & Buddist Monks. There is no doubt that its about time all the major religions joined hands across Goa in UNITY, putting aside their differences & TOGETHER demanding the right to be heard & for justice to be seen to be done! John Monteiro Berkshire, England John Monteiro Berkshire, England ------------------------------------------------------------- Start a small revolution? When?? - Where?? - How ?? Are there going to be 'le guillotines'? You must be kidding........................ You must be naive not to know that the small revolutions you a hatching are had for breakfast, lunch and dinner with the best of european wines and branded scotch whiskeys by the likes of Viswajeet Ranes, Mauvin Godinhos, Churchill Alemaos, Dayanand Narvekars to mention a few................ floriano goasuraj Dear Goans, My sincere thanks to Anastasio-Bab and John Monteiro for responding to my comments on Goanet ( as well as to the scores of others who have preferred to communicate privately..............
