If I was the guy sitting with a load of examination papers, doing the
mark-up,
this one paper would get cent per cent marks aka hundred out of hundred.
And there would be just one BONUS mark to make it a fool proof 101 per cent.
This would be for identifying in black and white the sins attributed to MP
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 2:37 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Goa's 3 deadly sins
To Goanet -
It is easy to look back into the past and ferret out some of
the root causes that has lead to Goa's ruin. Below I set out what
I think were the 3 deadly sins that finally killed Goa. Note that
I can think of more than 3 sins. But these strike me as more
relevant (you may well have a different set). I will be brief, you
can fill in the blanks.
Sin #1: The Original Sin
Not negotiating a special status for Goa at the time of Liberation in 1961
is what I call the Original Sin. Most of the irreversible damage,
political
& environmental, we see today is a logical consequence of that misstep.
As every job-seeker knows, the only time you really have leverage
over the terms & conditions of your employment is at the time of joining.
That is the moment for negotiating favourable terms, and once you are past
that stage your bargaining power is substantially diminished.
Goans did not even make a token effort for a negotiation in 1961.
