Run up to the IFFI 2004, we had sounded alarm bells for Manohar Parrikar to
heed. We had said that opening Goa for IFFI which no other city in India
wanted would set dangerous portends for Goa and Goans.
At that time Goans thought that we were over-reacting and that IFFI in Goa
would be an unparalleled honour for Goa.
We have been proved right after all when the question asked is "where are
the Goans?"
Goans will now have to eat that incredible honour along with the crap that
IFFI has generated and will generate in years to come.
Manohar Parrikar's one point agenda was to give entry to his beloved INOX.
And to achieve this he got the IFFI lock stock and barrel along with the
casinos in the Mandovi. He was even proposing IFFI off-shore, so just as
well. And BTW the Manohar Parrikar's INOX cost the tax payers three times
the actual amount that it would cost.
Where are the Goan???????
The guess is, as Soter likes to say, Goans are running after beach shacks
and hocking prostitutes to make money.
Cheers
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Where are the Goans?
To Goanet -
Yesterday as I was driving along the river promenade in
Panjim, I could see all the IFFI stalls in place along with
decorations bereft of taste (I hear it is the handiwork
of Francisco Martins, in which case no further explanation
is necessary). Throughout the entire promenade, it
was difficult to spot a Goan. The whole place was a
giant ghatipalooza. Neither was there any sign of Goan
influence at any of the food stalls which were also manned
by - you guessed it - ghatis. It was a sorry sight - swarms
of loitering ghatis, their dismal body language, the spitting,
the urinating, the lack of public graces and on and on.
There are now more ghatis in Panjim than in central
Bangalore (true story).
