[Below is another Letter No. 2 sent on 23/4/2010 that probably did not find
favour with the editorial team of Herald. Instead SND Poojary was more
acceptable. The truth is always bitter.]
Remo as a true and concerned Goan has once again created waves by hitting out
at Goa's politicians(HERALD, 22/4/10). But suppose the present bunch of
politicians are put in a boat and drowned, will those who replace them be any
better? The politicians are encouraged and enabled by a fairly large section of
the community that conceals itself in the flanks of this wide expanse of
corruption. It is not only the politicians who point out people's right to
settle anywhere in the country. Some activists of Save Goa fame have also been
cheering the arrrival of migrants and hailing their contribution to the economy
of this State.
We get the leaders we deserve. They are produced and nurtured by the very
society that repeatedly elects them to power. The problem is not only the
politicians but that of a society intoxicated with a culture and economy of
self-centredness and avarice.
-Soter D'Souza
Socorro
