I have no idea what the purpose of the post appended below is. It appears that in it new allegations have been leveled against Nandakumar, along with modest praise of him. I also noticed the gratuitous inclusion of baseless taunts against unrelated individuals, including one against a hypothetical internet cut-and-paste scientist who has not published anything, unlike Nandakumar. However, the pertinent question that was raised by the smear against Nandakumar remains unanswered by this author and the original perpetrator Augusto.
Does he deserve to be slandered as an agent of mine owners (and now, Digambar Kamat) just because he posted two articles criticizing Arundhati Roy on Goanet? Cheers, Santosh P.S. I am beginning to realize that one characteristic of political activism is that activists spend at least as much time fighting with each other as for their professed cause. --- On Fri, 6/11/10, rajendra kakodkar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nandkumar through his writing has > expressed concern against environmental, cultural and social > wrong doings in Goa. He has worked for tribals, deprived and > needy. He was student leader and continues to be a leader > amongst thinkers. His scientific mind is appreciated and > admired by many including me. > But every one has likings, priorties, constraints and > weakness. When Digamber became chief minister, Nandkumar > praised him. Perhaps that has constrained Nandkumar not to > speak against mining accesses for last three years, because > Digamber is the only person responsible for them. Digamber > sidecasted Charles Correa Regional plan despite GBA’s > follow-ups (grossly ineffective efforts). Nandkumar in his > felicitation speech at Gomant Vidhya Niketan in Margao > expressed that Digamber would solve all problems related to > Land sharks in six months. But Digamber dragged the issue > for three years and of-late has become even bigger Rule > flouter than Babush. I have not come accross Nandkumar > uttering a word on this leave alone denouncing Digamber’s > actions and inactions. However, after GBA started losing > ground and VGG took over the initiative, Nandkumar has > started raising Land Shark issues, but without blaming the > TCP minister.
