Dear Roger, It is sad that India has turned into this den of thieves and robbers wholly inclined to unchecked corruption and greed. The minority Christians, Muslins and others are being marginalizes by the majority Hindu to such an extent that when given the opportunity, these marginalized minorities would gladly opt to leave India and go elsewhere even if it is to their detriment. We Christians in particular, having been brought up with the fear of God and Christian values which forbid us from many of the corrupt practices flourishing in India, are at a true disadvantage. As you rightfully suggest, we must be more aggressive and assertive in our efforts perusing well paid jobs in the ICS and IPS and indeed in many of the other major Indian and Overseas corporations in order to better exert our rights in India. If there are more people of the Christian faith bound by our morals and traditions in power in various fields, then there could probably be a cultural revolution in India which will probably eliminate corruption.
Your suggestion that ICS and IPS salaries be bumped up is however questionable. Do you think that these corrupt individuals who are accustomed to receiving these bribes will stop if they are paid better? I doubt it. It is just like a bear who attacks a bees hive knowing that he will get stung but still does so every time in order to get to the sweet honey (or should I say easy money). We Christians also have another problem. That is the question of Unity. I have tried through my various posts to try and instill this concept into the minds of Goans in particular. We keep on creating artificial boundaries between ourselves that are detrimental to ourselves and our communities. Kerralites have their differences and wont mix with other Kerralites although we worship the same Christ and belong to the same universal Roman Catholic Church. Goans create other boundaries like Caste, Africandar,Bomoikar, Tailor, Cook, Shippy (Tarvoti) Gulfie, NRG (NRI) etc. We should be more broad minded and look to what unites us rather than create these artificial barriers. We should remember Christ's philosophy, "United we Stand Divided we fall". Let us find our similarities other than our differences and build on them which I am certain will be to our benefit. Best Regards.... Manuel (Eddie) Tavares
