Samir Kelekar wrote: "Having said that, Remo has a point if only six minutes had passed and the cops decided to tow away his car. Since he says that the airport was practically empty and the officer might have overheard his fight and did it, that could be a possibility. But here we have Remo's version against the cops's and won't know what to believe."
"Finally, one point I agree with --- we need to have konkani speaking people at the Dabolim airport. Anyone posted on the airport, if he/she does not know konkani, needs to be trained to speak elementary konkani." ---------------------------------- My neighbour works at the Airport and I got a first hand report from him. He told me, quite clearly, that this is another "untruth" that is being peddled by Remo. Remo parked his car in a "No Parking" area where there is a "No Parking" Signboard placed prominently. There is no such rule that permits a Car to be parked for 10 minutes as Remo tries to falsely claim. The Airport authorities were perfectly right in acting in the way they did, from the security point of view. I said it earlier and I will say it again. We all make mistakes and Remo made one too. It wasn't such a big crime. The Newspapers reported it because Remo, being one of the top Goan Artists, was big news. Newspapers periodically do report stuff about celebrities and their lifestyles, sometimes positively, at times negatively. Remo should have taken this in his stride. However, Remo goofed badly with his subsequent conduct. The justification he tried to give, by raking up all kinds of red herrings, was silly and disgraceful, and in no way jibing with his celebrity/ activist status. Even Elvis Presley would not have behaved in this fashion. The Constitution of our Country is built on the premise of Equality before the law. Why did Remo expect to get preferential treatment? And why is Remo bringing up all these issues now? Is this the first time Remo has been to the Airport and has had to converse in a language other than Konkani? And the nest time he goes to Kerala for a show, will he learn Malayalam to converse with the authorities at that Airport? Can't everyone clearly see the obvious? Not once, prior to this incident, did he have problems with the Airport Personnel for the language that they converse in. Is he now, therefore, not using this as an excuse to justify his own indiscretion? Why are people falling for Remo's baloney! Cheers Sandeep
