The Goan casteist-communal cowards now rope in a 'bhailo', Baba Ramdev, to justify their unpopular demand of imposing devanagiri konkani as the medium of instruction on all Goans. There is nothing new in this dirty tactic as a similar game was played during the konkani agitation where these very pro-maharashtra agents roped in the Shiv Sena to try and intimidate the konknivadis. That is why it was a Floriano Vaz from Gogol, Margao that got shot at point blank range for no real reason. The manufactured konkani-marathi divide was exploited and used to shove devanagiri script as the official script for konkani down the throats of Goans. The communal agenda was further advanced by the Jai Maharashtra brigade of Shashikala Kakodkar. Twenty years later the move has backfired as this communal move has adversely affected the education prospects of both communities. The victim is the konkani language. Polarising the communities has been the most trusted weapon of Goa's casteist-communal opportunists that have reaped rich dividends since the liberation of Goa. They have managed to divide and reap Goa's resources in the countryside and sell it to Japan and China. In hind sight one can deduce that United Goans Party and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party were manufactured by one and the same casteist-communal oppressors. These casteist opportunists created the alliance between BJP and MGP in 1998 election and enjoyed the exploits until 2004, but no sooner their agendas were not fulfilled they began releasing ads claiming that the very same BJP is communal. The enemy of Goa is within and not somewhere else. The sooner Goans discern between genuine issues and those systematically popularised with vested interests, the better will it be for the survival of Goa and the Goan people. The Opinion Poll may have defined Goa's destiny as a seperate identity in 1968 but these mergerists that continue to be holed up within the State and patronised by these casteist-communal forces have not given up yet. Goans need to realise that communal and political battles often get fought in proxy. It will be done through priests or OBC, or Bhandari, or Cristao, or Hindu. So the face that pretends to smile and offers you a golden hand shake on the street as long as he needs your collaboration, may not necessarily think otherwise when going about armed with hammer and tongs smashing name plaques, renaming roads, calling you 'denationalised' and a Portuguese agent or budging into the Bishop's House on the excuse of protecting a 'Linga' from desecration. The smile will not change the perception of the 'cristaos' as animals from the wild west that need to be tamed with local sanskruti. So while Wee Willie Winkie came to Panjim riding on Goan donkeys, Baba Ramdev seems to ride into Goa on communal polarisation.
-Soter
