The arrogance of the scientists and engineers of this country is what has resulted in the Koshi deluge. It is the hypocrisy and double speak of the intelligensia of this country that threatens the livelihoods of the adivasis and marginalised sections. The contradictions of the intelligensia in Goa gets well manifested in the Cidade issue. It is 'Talibanisation' when the rich are at the receiving end, but when the poor are uprooted and their livelihoods snatched to further the designs of the rich it is 'development' and 'progress'. Right and wrong actions depends on who are at the receiving end. To work for the benefit of the rich is 'progressive' but to lobby for the rights of the poor is 'anarchy' or ' regressive'. The supposed plight of 600 workers and their families who will supposedly lose their jobs if one section of the building is brought down provokes the writing of such great treatises by hired sympathisers of the mineral farmers. After all, how can these be expected to bite the hand that feeds them? NGOs and social action groups are being consistently accused of being unaccountable and of misleading the people. Activists are advised to have a heart. But where are the hearts and minds of these opportunistic section of local and migrant intelligensia in Goa when the life and health of the 14 lakh population of this State is under grave threat due to what is being done to the ground water by those who plunder the earth for the minerals? Goans could well do wihout these lopsided hired intelligencia.
Soter D'Souza Socorro
