In response to: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:56:21 +0530 From: "valerie vales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Have you done the Goan pole dance????
Hi Valerie, I assume your are a lady, hope I haven't got myself into another gender mixup ! Believe me it's very embarrassing !! I absolutely understand your predicament and do sympathise with you. The pole dance you mentioned, "fatti voch, fuddem voch, barik jaa" sounds like a combination of the woogy woogy, birdy and the pole dance all in the bus. It's very unfortunate that the Authorities turn a "Nelson's eye" to this sordid reality. First and foremost the safety of the passengers is compromised, secondly the sanctity of a human body is compromised and above all traffic laws are violated, but does any one care ? First you have to take abuses from the cleaners and conductors if you don't move and when you move, you find yourself sandwiched from all sides, and it is certainly very unpleasant and embarrassing especially for a woman in such a situation. I have heard from my lady friends, relatives and even my family members of their nightmarish experiences in buses in Goa. I, right for my childhood, being a shy one would always make sure that there was another person between me and a lady, that was more to save myself from a smack on my cheek or the embarrassment of an argument with the lady even if touched my mistake, but some males do tend go over board, trying to do the "birdie dance" by pushing their elbows and knees in wrong places of the ladies and even press their "libidos" onto a lady, a few times I did made sure that such guys feel the nasty poke of my elbow into their chest or my knee into their unmentionables while alighting. Animals !!!! Here in Dubai, the first few seats are reserved only for ladies and in that area only ladies are allowed to stand and God forbid the person (male) who stands in that area knowingly or unknowingly because rules are implemented very firmly in this part of the world, I don't know why this can't be followed in Goa ? The RTO and it's hierocracy should make sure that the Cleaners and the Conductors are taken to task along with the owner of the buses for overloading of buses. We as humans are a very impatient breed, and would like to get to our destination at the earliest but the limited and the undesired frequency of buses, leaves us in a very catchy situation but it is definitely up to the Conductors and the Cleaners to control the flow of commuters onto a bus and to see that the ladies and the senior citizens are not abused in any way while traveling. This is what should happen in a civilized world !!! Are the Goan bus Conductors, Cleaners or even the Police civilized ? I do have my doubts !!! In Bombay, the Conductors of BEST buses, whom we call "gantti ka gulam" make sure that the buses are not over crowded and that there is enough space to move around, I am sure most of us who have lived in Bombay or traveled by the BEST buses have heard the Conductors saying "baas karo, baas karo, pichea bus khali hai" - ting ting and the bus moves on and if you get on to the bus after that, "ting ting" and the bus stops and the person forced to alight, if Bombay with such a huge population can be controlled why can't it be done in Goa ? Since I bought by my m-bike (Yezdi) in 1982 I rarely travel by bus I would rather face the heat and tan of the sun on my bike than, the feeling of being a sardine taken for canning to be meal on someone's table !! BTW if any one notices an Yezdi with Reg No - GDJ 1853 please let me know it was nicked in 2004. I do miss that bike ! (I don't think that many of them are around at the moment) Freddy Agnelo Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
