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Soter wrote:
Soter has not worked inside or outside GBA, Dr. Anil. All he does is spoil
the political and economic prospects of some scamnsters for whom our 'Selma
in wAnderland' has a fond admiration.
Response:
Who are these scamsters Soter? Oscar? Gurunath Kelekar? Dean D'Cruz? GBA? It
started by saying Oscar and Gurunath were inefficient. From there it snowballed
into them having done "immesurable harm". Now they are called scamsters.
Allegations can snowball pretty fast on the interent. By all means, let us all
work towards saving Goa but do we have to sacrifice our integrity along the
way. Have Goans lost all honour and decency that we must make spurious
allegations without any proof? Come on Soter, surely you are better than this.
Soter wrote:
Just a few days ago she had praises
for GBA for helping the villagers of Nuvem in planning. In which forum was
this planning done? Was it not the Gram Sabha of the Panchayat that belongs
to the eastern mindset?
Response:
No Soter it was not under the umbrella of the Panchayat. I will not say any
more on this subject but let me ask you a simple question. For someone who has
been at the forefront of the panchayats in Goa, what mechanism of
accountability is there for these institutions? I have in the course of my
life, seen panchayats destroy villages. I have rarely seen them build anything
constructive. I'm sorry I have a very poor opinion of panchayats. What have you
personally done to ensure there is accountability for these rogue individuals
who are a law unto themselves? Should I now go about calling Soter inefficient
or should I accept that Soter has done what he can.
Soter wrote:
I have quoted Mahatma Gandhi in my rebuttal to
Samir's article and this was the context in which the term 'western economy'
was used. Is Selma greater than Mahatma Gandhi?
Response: The Mahatma to me is a living saint. India will not see another man
like him in my life time. But he lived 50 years ago. He operated in the
framework, he was familiar with. He didn't live to see the fax, the internet
and the decoding of DNA. We live in a different world which calls for different
solutions to our problems.
I despise ruining people's reputations over the internet. I despise them with
all my heart. That is what I am against. Nothing else. In the five years I have
been here, I too have been human and have inadvertently hurt people but the
mark of a human being is to know shame, introspect and take corrective action.
Let me conclude and say that when I have done something wrong, I've had the
good fortune to have friends tell me I'm in the wrong. I hope you have the
courage to tell your friends the same thing.
Best,
selma
