Dear JC, I have tried my best to take this forward i am hoping that my responses will elicit another round of comments from you.
re 1: We may wish to ask ourselves: The outsiders never fished like this before 1961. Why are they able to fish now? What besides the departure of the Portuguese happened after 1961? Please see http://www.colaco.net/1/letdown.htm The Portuguese were outsiders themselves.many goans esp from the elite class collaborated with them the way we have some people doing it today There was big time fishing going on before 1961. Post liberation the situation was different. The landed elite from both the major communities lost much of their clout and the field became level to a certain extent. My perspective is from history books ,you must have experienced the situation first hand.So i will not go into details Let us focus on the issues we have today irrespective of what hapened in 1961 or after that. Also thanks to IT and global supply chain we can not compare the situation in 1961 with what we have in 2007 re 2: I did include the word "perhaps" for a reason. It cannot be the same Parrikar we have seen in action thus far ....with : the multiple coups and deals to gain control of power, the curious muzzling of the press, the Francisco Colaco and Floriano Lobo episodes, the VCD for sure, the expenditure on the flurry of BJP bigwigs who used Goa as their holiday spots (who paid for these junkets?) etc. If we learn from history, we will learn that many efficient leaders are also unfortunately very intolerant of opposing views and dictatorial in their actions e.g. Salazar Your points are all valid but as regards the junkets every party does that During congress rule its sonias italian family that enjoys hospitality at the cost of indians while during NDA it is vajpayees foster family.It happens in the US too Lets not make a issue out of those. re 3: It remains to be seen IF and when Parrikar will make real amends for the disgraceful VideoCD affront to the sensibilities of Goan Catholics. My question to you is: what do you think parrikar should do, short of something radical as severing ties with the RSSor BJP.In your opinion is renouncing RSS the only way to make amends? re 4 & 5: Please see footnote can you please describe how the political situation in india or for that matter any 3rd world country is different from Goa? ..are goans the only people in india who vote in corrupt politicians? the point i am trying to belabor here is that goans are no different from anyone else Many expats including yourself would like to lay the blame at delhi's doorstep..but can you give me one example when a goan politician has tried to do something genuinely good for goans and Delhi sarkar has interfered? arent rane ravi willy churchill parrikar babush all "niz goenkaars"? as regards babus, can you tell me how many goan boys or girls answer IAS IPS IFS exams? is there any proof that Goans are being discriminated agaisnt by non goans? i do not think so. As regards Inquisition and communal riots and sati i will skirt that issue because it will needless skew the discussion and it will quickly degenerate into mudslinging re 6: Are you serious? ! You expect Goan Catholics to take the lead in this matter from Aires and Matanhy? What is inherently bad about mathany or aires? till now christaons have been led by luizinho,churchill,mauvin sardinha,willy and maybe a few others.Their lot hasnt improved drastically the script issue is being flogged again and again without solution.So what is wrong with following mathany? Isnt he one of the more non corrupt and upright individuals we have in politics today? B __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com