--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Rajan P. Parrikar <[email protected]> wrote: > our boys have turned into pimps.? Most Goans haven't > seen Panjim at late nights/early mornings.? It is a > disgrace.? The entire stretch from around the old > Secretariat becomes a parking zone for the gamblers > and fornicators on their night out on the water. > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:09:47 -0800 (PST) From: George Pinto <[email protected]>
As one Goan wrote to me today "there is a virtual traffic jam of the barges on River Mandovi. You can imagine how they are mining Goa to death". While Goa is being destroyed, there are several endless posts on "Uncle/Aunty", "Goans/Goanese". Mario adds: I don't think the important discussions of "Uncle/Aunty", "Goans/Goanese", traffic jams on the streets and the Mandovi, gamblers, drunks, urinators, defecators, pimps and fornicators should interfere with discussions of more serious issues like Goa's picturesque hillsides being defaced by the mining industry. We should be able to discuss all these issues simultaneously. It seems easier said than done to just stop mining in Goa that has gone on for well over a hundred years. How would they replace the jobs and income and the taxes that are derived from this major industry? A couple of months ago we saw some fiery posts from Carmen Miranda threatening dire consequences for the miners for defacing Goa. No news of whether she was able to make any progress. I had suggested that Goa should have conditions in their licenses and mining permits for the miners to rehab the hillsides and replant trees that were lost once the ore was depleted. This way one of Goa's primary industries could continue to function while reclaiming the land in the longer run. This could also create jobs for landscapers. Carmen responded that there were such laws on the books in Goa. Do any Goanetters who live in Goa know whether there are such laws in Goa, and if so, why they are not being followed? Yeah, yeah, yeah! I know all about the corruption, but there has to be a law first. Can any of our intrepid friends like Valmiki, Floriano, Ana Marie, Venita, Ethel, Vivek, Fred, or anyone else in a position to find out and a passion for social service, shed any light on this, even as we continue to discuss the important issues that make the world go round like "Uncle/Aunty", "Goans/Goanese", traffic jams on the streets and the Mandovi, gamblers, drunks, urinators, defecators, pimps and fornicators that are driving Rajan and George crazy, but hopefully not to drink:-))
