FN writes with reference to Micky Mouse,"Also, am I the only one seeing shades of contempt based on caste and communalism show up very strongly in this issue? If Mickky was another person from another background, would he be treated in the same way? In the animal farm that is Goa, all murders/suicides are equal, but some are obviously more equal."
While in the normal course of things caste and communalism will manifest itself in some way or the other in our politics, in this particular case my hunch is that FN is barking up the wrong tree. The issues at stake here are much larger, so large that they are making the Home Minister sick. No one in Goa is unwise as to the significance of Atala's release from prison. I suspect that the Mouse as Tourism Minister had a lot of information about what was going on in the coastal belt with reference to the drug racket, and that given that he has a loose mouth it is extremely convenient to have him wallowing in misery in a prison cell than letting him yak off in his usual bullying manner. The Nadia case has not only been a godsend in helping to silence a political opponent but has also helped in getting the press to divert attention away from the drug racket. The Speaker's decision to allow him to attend the Monsoon Assembly session assumes importance given that his son seemed to be an ally of the Mouse. And the decision of the Health and Education Ministers in joining the Congress also seems linked to this cesspool of intrigue. This is not to say that the Mouse does not deserve what he is getting. By and large the people are quite pleased that he is troubling the mosquitoes in his prison cell. But the really big fat cat who really deserves some very special attention from the family Culicidae* *appears to be getting away scot free. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29> E [email protected] or [email protected] P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
