To Goanet - Two years ago I had a testy exchange with a Bengali dweeb at a meeting called by the Chief Secretary to enforce the High Court directives issued in the Panjim PIL ruling. This Bengali was the secretary in one of the concerned departments and he was babbling, in effect telling me why Panjim should be allowed to rot. I told him that I did not want Panjim to become another Indian sewer like Kolkota. It was clear to me that the turbaned CS, the Bengali dweeb, and other bhaile officials had no interest whatsoever in the wellbeing of Goa much less that of Panjim. Why were - and are - parasites like these in charge of matters in Goa? Their sole interest is in feathering their own nest. This is not new of course. It is par for the course for every outsider deputed from Delhi to steal & grab the minute he checks into Goa. What is astonishing is that Goans are such spineless folks to let this happen year after year without the slightest demur. It is natural for fellows like the Bengali dweeb, brought up in a Kolkota sewer, to want to turn Goa into another Indian sewer. But what is the excuse for Goans?
JoeGoaUk has been keeping us abreast of Panjim's continuing slide into the gutter. Ghatis has virtually taken over the promenade. Azad Maidan is a dump - ghatis pissing on Martyr's memorial, vomiting on TB Cunha memorial, etc etc. The useless Goan journos watch this charade every single day from across from the street while blowing beedie smoke at Cafe Prakash. This is not some seedy corner of town. IT IS THE CENTRE OF PANJIM. In Feb 2009 I was at the High Court to sort out my contempt petition (the CCP is in contempt of the High Court's rulings on Panjim's maintenance) when someone accosted me. It was a well known lawyer, the son of a very senior lawyer known to be the most sought-after legal mind in Goa today. The son pressed a couple of photos in my hand, requesting me to include them in my petition. The photos were about squatters on the pavement. Why, I asked him, did people of his considerable professional and social standing have to wait for me to do this? Why couldn't they simply marshal a like-minded group and pursue this vigorously? Let's just say the conversation soon petered out. Later I found out teh real reason for lawyer-bab's inchoate interest in Panjim's health. The menace has now landed at his doorstep - or rather, too close to his office building. This encapsulates the Goan ethic, which may be summarized thusly: "as long as I am not personally affected, I don't care." To those Goans who are reading this and who continue to be passive, let me tell you this: the day is not far when the ghati menace will land at your own doorstep. By that time it will be too late to do anything. We have to demand from the govt to (a) enforce all our civic laws and (b) curb migrant influx (both high end and low end) into Goa. NOW. Regards, r
