It appears that in the following various Indian communities such as Rajputs, Lingayats, other Hindus and Muslims are being portrayed negatively. Ramani, a Goan name is also dragged into the mix. Among the communities that are quite predictably left out are non-Indians such as Russians.
Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 6/18/11, SOTER <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was in 1946 that Ram Manohar > Lohia raised the banner of revolt at Margao against the > Portuguese Government. All that the revolution could acheive > fifteen years later was a forced intrusion by the Indian > Army into Goa which in international fora was considered as > an annexation. The reason was obvious. The band of marathi > socialists deputed from across the borders could not win the > hearts and minds of the Goan people. As this fact became > clear, the possibility of the Portuguese Government granting > autonomy to Goa became a cause for nervousness for an > ambitious and greedy Maharashtra. Panic set into its ranks > leading to an armed take over of Goa. It is for this reason > that the so called freedom fighters still do not feel > liberated from the Portuguese and find every excuse to > disturb the peace of this State. > > Sixty five years later there cannot be another political > revolution with a Gupta as the Goan Opinion maker, a Pandit > as the Goan historian, a Vagela as Goa's activist, a Sharma > as the Goan educationist, a Ramani as the embassador of Goan > culture, a Gauda as the Sarpanch, some Khan as the > Goan industrialist, a Bajpai as the custodian of Goan > properties, Gundurao as your Goan banker, a Sonak as the > Goan legal advisor and the rest on the migrant wagon > refusing to accept Konkani as their mother tongue. This is > the irony. The fruits of a revolution started 65 years ago > can be seen in a Baba and a Togadia dictating the medium of > instruction for Goans and a Montek Singh Ahluwalia charting > the course of Goan economy. A Malia heightens the spirits > and an Advani defines Tourism. The chain does not end here. > Every damn decision on the life and livelihood of Goa has to > be activated by a Sonia or a Gadkari sitting in Delhi. It is > an era where in the lion sits with the lamb, the socialists > and communists embrace the communalists at Azad maidan. All > thatis possible are micro revolutions to wipe out the traces > of the true Goan people. > > The connotation of the word revolution in liberated Goa has > also been redefined in the context of globalisation and > liberalisation. To be a modern day revolutionary for Goa one > needs to qualify as a boot licker, pimp, broker, fraudster, > yesman, conman for the ruling class/castes and their > supporting class of industrialists. These results and titles > conferred upon Goans gets published in Goa's news journals > manned by agents from beyond the borders. The only other > title that comes cheap if one does not qualify for the above > is the title of 'Naxalite' from a joint venture by a migrant > PR manager of a mining firm and the Leader of Opposition. > Refusing to bow before the neo-goan forces could also run > the risk of you being tried for sedition and being dubbed an > anti-national, an agent of the Portuguese. For a Goan will > ultimately prefer the 'lies' of a migrant than the 'truth' > from a fellow Goan. All that finally gets left for a Goan is > to dream about a passport to Europe. All we can be content > with is the Cyber Revolution of Goa. > > Yeh hi hai Goy (not Goa) Kranti din, Baby! > > -Soter D. >
