Rajan Parikar's from the heart comments may be much to the dislike of many
hypocrites. Anything not digestible to the hypocrites is conveniently labeled
BJP just like the controversy over the potrayal of slums in slumdog
millionaire. Our denial of the reality is strong. Goa is precariously poised at
this juncture. On one hand we have the Cidade issue, on the other is the RP
2021, on another the Panchayat Bill, and the latest is the Notice inviting
Tender for Nuvem NH17 which has just been received. Are Goans going to be
happy producing more toilet paper in the form of memorandums? Are we only going
to be seen doing something by publishing booklets on R(I)P 2021? or Are we
going to put our foot down, come out on the roads not to return home until this
government backs out?
We have really stretched the art of good living beyond bounds whereby we have
have become a society that is senseless and boorish. We seem to have stretched
the idea of diplomacy in our dealings far too much. We sell the people of Goa
by night and walk around town claiming to be social activists by day. For a
social activist to profit from boat cruises the sound ban needs to be relaxed.
Ridiculous! Imagine the height of stupidity in the comments of some Goans like
Emiliano and Rosande on the Cidade issue. Just because people are going to lose
jobs does it mean that the illegal act must be regularised? When it comes to
the interests of elite hypocrites being at stake everything illegal is
justified, but when it comes to the interests of the poor it remains illegal
for years together. Why did the government and society prevent 4000 prostitutes
from Baina from earning their livelihood? Why does the government keep matka
illegal even though it gives employment and revenue? Even drug smuggling gives
employment and generates revenue. If employment and revenue is the criteria of
judging what is right and wrong then as well legalise everything and let's see
what happens. We are becoming a society worse than Delhi or U.P. We Goans are
really sick. Only a deluge of the magnanimity of that in Koshi of Bihar may
help us open our eyes. God save us from our Pride and idiocy.
-soter
