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Hi Frankie
I have been posting on this forum for about a year and a half now, and in
that time I have read (& sometimes replied) to many distressed Goans who have
put their views forward regarding the illegal (& the legal) land development &
ore mining in Goa, the migrants from Russia, Israel & European countries buying
houses & businesses in parts of Goa, inward migration from other States within
India as well as harsh words against fellow Goans for selling up land & their
houses rented out to 'foreigners'...............
In fact the list is endless when it comes to gripping about Goan behaviour
not to mention those outsiders who have been taking advantage of Goa (inward &
outward migration, whether housed or not), the Goan police for their taking
sides in disputes and acting on behalf of the people with money, the Goan
politicians who are paid for their work but want more money, however its
produced, the Goan businessmen & the middlemen in various official capacities
who have their palms greased for every stamp they use on official papers, and
the slow process of officialdom............
You are rightly concerned when you express distressingly that Goa is being
over-developed. There are many who say its inevitable, it is progress & ought
to be accepted with grace.
Its of course easy to say, but difficult to understand how one's own country
/ state / neighbourhood can be decimated without so much as a backward glance.
The neighbour who sells to the highest bidder, is not to blame..............
really! Its the buyer who then converts the habitat he has purchased. Its the
official who has sanctioned the conversion.
You are unhappy & you will see many more of these miscarriages, but they are
legal. The monkey on your doorstep is there because his habitat has been
decimated, he has nowhere to go. In many cities and large towns you will see
the 'macaque' but usually in areas where there are derelict old temples or old
houses which are no longer habitable, overgrown & filled with other creatures,
including snakes & scorpions, rats & insects galore!
There are other places where the macaque are highly respected as agents of
Hanuman & were welcomed in temples & were fed by devotees, in much the same way
as some Ganesh temples have rats milling around and are fed by devotees, they
are considered in much the same way as the cow or any bullock or cattle left
wandering the streets, as the cow is a vehicle of the God, other vehicles of
the Gods are permitted also, the snake (anand) etc.
But for a villager to witness a monkey coming onto his land because the
habitat has been diminished beyond acceptance, there is no food for the monkey
(its all about food & comfort for animals), they will seek out anywhere where
there is food and water, comfort within the human habitat if necessary,
otherwise, monkeys and all other animals would prefer to be away from humans.
I am really sorry to see this happen to you & your neighbours, but also feel
sorrow for the monkeys who are desperately seeking solace, food & water,
comfort also. As for the music, well to be honest they probably were
frightened, but after a while they will come to accept it as part of their
lives, but SHOULD they??????????? No, they should be left to live in peace, in
the forest................
John Monteiro
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frank Feds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (TRUNCATED)
For the last 35 years I never heard that the monkey came on my house, but
now after the constructions in the forest & because of the open-air halls
the monkey frequently come on my house................Frankie
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Regards
John Monteiro
