Roland Francis: The other day Anjali Mohan Rao posted an article about the Goa Chronicle having evidence that Valanka, Churchill's daughter was caught accepting a bribe on behalf of her PWD Minister father.
Now if the fact that Valanka was doing this reached even Goans in Toronto a long time ago, it goes to show that in Goa it must have been common knowledge. Her mode of operation and even the office she used to conduct this bribe-taking was known in all gory detail. Anywhere else in the world, except in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and a few other countries, the cops would have been onto her and her father would have been drummed out of office in a thrice. Not so in Goa, or India for that matter. I have been looking for the huge reaction that should have been expected, but there isn't a peep out of the Goan public. No wonder their rulers get away with what they get away. Churchill will come out of it even stronger like Pacheco and Monserrate did and the tax payers will continue to get shafted like they have been ever since after colonial times. Liberty for corruption is what Goa and India got and many think it's fair trade. But as you know, this can't go on forever. The well will dry, the pigs will go thirsty and they will leave for fairer climes when the fat lady sings. They have already been making hawala trips to Dubai, the US, Canada and Australia in anticipation of that eventuality. Hi Roland, Goa is a small place and Goans being what they are, you cannot hush things up for long. So every one 'knows' what x, y and z is doing. This is not a new phenomenon. This has being going on from the time of Bandodkar. There was the husband of this newly resurrected politician who used to make a profit on each bus tyre sold in Goa and each bus ticket to Bombay (oops ....Mumbai) But knowing is one thing, hard evidence is another, and belling the cat is another ball game altogether, not to mention that the vengeance and the retribution for sure to come. It is not that people are unaware and do not want to do anything about the 'situacao'. The attitude is don't buck the system, go with the flow! Samja kya? Tony -- "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com>
