The Taliban fighters are a very brave people. They don’t have fighter jets, attack helicopters, laser guided missiles but what the Taliban have is the courage & will power to challenge the Americans, Britishers & European forces. This is similar to the anti-sez & anti-landacquisition activists in India who inspite of meager resources have the courage and will power to challenge the Indian govt. and State govts. who are trying to grab the lands of farmers/tribals. Majority of SEZs are in the konkan belt and the people in konkan have realized that SEZs will not benefit them but it will benefit corporates, politicians and migrants.
Most of the Corporates/Industrialists are into SEZ’s not for setting up any industries but for Real Estate speculation which every anti-sez activists knows. Some of the corporates have already started constructing residential complexes on land that was given by govt. for SEZ purpose. What is strange is how can the government allow the corporates for utilizing SEZ land for Real Estate when the purpose of SEZ was to setup electronicparks/itparks/softwarehardwareparks/etc. This proves the ruling party politicians have got their commission from the corporates. Some politicians/activists/politicalorganizations in Maharashtra & Goa have a mission of changing the name of Goa to Govapuri and of merging Govapuri with Maharashtra. Some Industrialists & Politicians in Bombay and Delhi have a mission of making Bombay a Union Territory. Some politicians/activists/politicalorganizations in Vidharbh & Konkan have a mission of freeing Vidharbh & Konkan from Maharashtra State and creating Vidharbh State & Konkan State. The infrastructure is crumbling in Bombay but the politicians are not bothered they are only bothered in giving Unlimited Floor Space Index (FSIs), more Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs), more Relaxation in Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZs) all for the benefit for the Builders Lobby and every tom, dick and harry knows that politicians in bombay and the rest of Maharashtra are hand in glove with the builders lobby. Please remember the Bombay Muncipal Corporation is being administered and ruled by criminals and corrupt people. All these criminals and corrupt people are hand in glove with the slumlords & builders lobby. Without the blessings of BMC no slums and no illegal buildings can come up anywhere in bombay. The BMC urges citizens in Bombay to use water responsibly but the same BMC keeps clearing building proposals which has resulted in acute water shortage. The building proposal department in BMC is the most corrupt department in BMC. The Portuguese in the 15th century gave the seven islands - kolibhat, lahan kolibhat, sion, mahim, mumbadevi, parel, mazgaon - the name Bom Bahia. The British who took over the seven islands anglicized the name BomBahia to Bombay. The Political party that came to power in Maharashtra in 1995 corrupted the name Bombay to Mumbai based on a false propaganda that the British had corrupted the name Mumbai to Bombay when the fact is there did not exist any city by the name Mumbai anywhere in history. The British had an ambition of taking over konkan from the Portuguese but did not have the manpower. The Marathas, Bajiraos, Peshwas in Pune (then punaka) also had an ambition of taking over konkan from Portuguese but did not have the arms and ammunitions to match the Portuguese military power. The Britishers realized as long as the Portuguese were around they would never be able to rule India so they held secret meetings with the Marathas, Bajiroas, Peshwas in Pune and made some treaties and provided them with arms and ammunitions. With the manpower and arms & ammunitions the Marathas, bajiraos, peshwas succeeded in taking over Konkan from Portuguese. Later on the Britishers pitched the marathas, bajiraos, peshwas against each other and took over konkan the rest is history. The Britishers went into Asia not only to Trade & conquer lands but also to sabotage the catholic mission of the Portuguese. Fortunately after the second world war the britishers were not in a position to carry on with their anti-catholic mission in Asia. Britain is no longer a military power. Its land is being filled with Asians, Africans, Easteuropeans. Majority of the British white women are producing only 1 child. A few decades down the line the Britishers will become minority and they will work as servants in the offices/factories/bungalows of Asians, Africans, Easteuropeans. Mark D'souza Bombay. * * * UK STOCKS EXHAUSTED! After a community-supported launch at Croydon, Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* is available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. Ask a friend to pick up a copy. Details of the book http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
