Hi! Soter, Who is this activist you have mentioned in your mail.? Would like to know about this guy if you don't mind.
-Yogesh A youth activist of jayprakash narayan also came to Goa in 1981and seeing the pathetic conditions of the poor in the villages decided to adopt this place as his work area and contribute his vast experience in building people's initatiatives for sustainable development. As usual he was called a 'bhailo', 'smuggler', 'Bihari', and so on and so forth, by the very people who pretended to be supporting him. He travelled to the remotest areas of Goa building local initiatives but some where the local politician or the chamchas would come in to disperse the group pointing out that he is the outsider. But he has not left Goa, married a goan and keeps working with whoever has the best of interest for Goa. He is even very much supportive of the idea that goans must become possesive of their lands and natural resources. The organisation he has set up is probably the only goan organisation that has spread to 7 States of this country. But he has not given up hope on Goa in all this. He contibutes giving hope to amateur activists like me. He is there when it matters, that is what is important. That's the beauty of a leader. Did GBA have this leadership is the question? or Was GBA's leadership a cultivation of the media and power brokers? -soter
