Edwin\\Diana pinto wrote :
Rajendra Kakodkar, you have expressed my sentiments exactly. If we all agree
> that we are on the side of Goa, then lets stop squandering our energies on
> each other and > together combine our resources in doing something concrete
> for
> our motherland. Because it is our Goa that matters ultimately. Each one of
> us Goans has something positive to contribute, but we are losing sight of
> our objective and getting distracted by things that don't really matter in
> the end. What matters eventually is ensuring that Goa is still available for
> our children and grandchildren
Rajendra Kakodkar wrote :
> While it is heartening? see that all goanetters are firmly on the side of
> Goa, I am disdained to find that they continue?to?spend most of their time
> fighting to decide as to who?is their enemy no.1. The enemy and the enemies
> are making merry with divide and rule. Can we all?utilise atleast 50% of our
> energies and time to fight?only enemies?
Comments : Camilo Fernandes
Rajendra has made a very important point that Goannetters though are all firmly
on the side of Goa,
they seem to be involved in fighting with each other rather than taking a
collective stand against our
common enemies. I also endorse what Edwin-Diano Pinto wrote.
It is this trend that must be making politicians and other destroyers of Goa
happy and
laughing to see that there appears to be no unity as we are wasting precious
time attacking
each other. We should be collectively doing are bit fighting against the
destroyers of Goa.
Some criticize just for the sake of criticism and not constructive criticism.
True we all have differences of opinion but at the end of the day it should
not be personal
criticism and we should accept construtive criticism sportingly and accept the
majority opinion.
As Rajendra rightly says, let us not give a chance to our enemies to be
victorious at the
end seeing all this divide and rule. Let each Goan contribute positively no
matter how small or
little he can to save Goa from being ruined.
Best wishes, Dev borem korum.
Camilo Fernandes
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In every way, the Goans of Bombay were part of the great melee that was this
metropolis, distinct perhaps in the way communities often are, holding on to
their own traditions but merging slowly nonetheless and forming the thin thread
of nationhood that would eventually become India. -- Selma Carvalho, in *Into
the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph
+91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295.
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