The problem with Goans and many other Indians is that they have no respect for their own country and countrymen - call them third rate, etc., and spit on them at every turn. How do you expect them to care for their own culture and environment?
Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 7/26/11, Rajan P. Parrikar <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rajan P. Parrikar <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] Game over for Goa > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 1:02 AM > To Goanet - > > Over the past few months, I have received a few inquiries > from > acquaintances and even strangers about buying apartments > in > Goa. In every instance, the project of interest turned > out to be one > that I had photographed in its incipience and for which I > had filed > an RTI application. In other words, they were illegal > projects > to begin with. Now they are nearing completion and are > being > advertised the world over. They must have been > 'regularized' > - i.e. everyone in the food chain bribed, documents > cooked, > land conversions reworked, and so on. > > My documentary, The Rape of Goa, made in 2008, now serves > as a marker. > > In Dona Paula, the gigantic project by Mathias called > Ocean > Park, which had been stalled, is now back up and running. > That will add hundreds of new apartments (and non-Goans) > to the area. A little further down in Bambolim, is the > monstrous > Aldeia de Goa project with its companion Grand Hyatt > property (you have to see it to believe its size and > scope). > > I saw several hoardings around Dabolim airport, one of > which > was a project by DLF - > > http://www.investinnest.com/properties/DLF/dlf-river-valley-goa.htm > > On my flight to Mumbai yesterday, there was a full page ad > in the > Jetwings magazine for a new project in south Goa near > River Sal. > This one - > > http://www.niteshestates.com/type4.aspx?type=4&l1=2&l2=7&l3=13 > > > > These are but few of the several upcoming atrocities in > Goa. Stand > in Miramar and gaze at the ugly new construction on the > opposite > side of the Mandovi, at Nerul and Kegdevelim. > > Now think about this: all this new construction has > arisen by > destroying prime Goan land, hills, fields, lush forests, > and penetrated > many of our beautiful hitherto untouched villages. 98% > of > these spaces will be purchased by outsiders, NOT Goans. > That is, we have destroyed OUR land and our peace, to > bring > in outsiders, so that a handful real estate rats can make > crores > of rupees, some of which will trickle down to a handful of > Goans > who have been bribed to grease the wheels (panch, > sarpanch, > MLA, a minister or two etc). > > These outsiders have little interest in Goa and Goans, > beyond > the 'view' they are paying for, and the bragging rights of > owning > property in Goa. > > Vasco had long ago turned into a slum, followed by Margao. > Panjim was the final bastion. But now Panjim has fallen > and is > in an irreversible slide. Go to some areas of Panjim, > like in > St Inez, and you might as well be in some squalid corner > of > Andheri or Patna. Ugly construction, depleted tree > cover, > non-existent fields, ghatis all around, and the constant > barrage > of honking and traffic. I have to rub my eyes vigorously > to > convince myself that this was the quiet, leafy corner I > grew up > in not long ago. It is not very different in the rest of > the city - the > filth, the traffic, the noise, and ghatis crawling out of > every crevice. > > Mining, construction, and migrants - this is the trinity > that > had done Goa in. They are interrelated. > > Goa's greatest asset was its peace and quiet. What > many Goans fail to recognize is that this peace and quiet > was first & foremost a result of our relatively few > numbers, > and second, the essentially civilized Goan outlook (all > our > shortcomings notwithstanding). In the past 10 years, we > let > all the Indian rabble come in a settle down here - both > the low > end of the economic spectrum (ghatis) and the neo-rich > (the > latter being the worst of the worst - money without > culture is a > disaster). > > We had one and only one opportunity to correct course. > In > late 2006 when the Goa Bachao Abhiyan was formed. We > had the govt on the mat at that time. But the leaders of > the > GBA engaged in fraud and went to bed with the very govt > that were fighting against. I have detailed this betrayal > here > in two parts: "GBA- 3 years of deceit" - > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187272.html > > > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-December/187386.html > > > > It is now game over for Goa. We are in a deep plunge > from > which there is no recovery. Even if we could create the > most > perfect and honest politician out of thin air, that > mythical creature > would be helpless to save Goa. What a curse for Goa, to > be > saddled with dirty traitors among us, and then to be > joined at > the hip to a third-rate country like India. > > So fellow Goans, accept it. Goa is gone for good. > > I leave you with this video made by Dr. Nandakumar Kamat. > It is a good example of how we Goans have let these > Indians > come in hereand turn our paradise into a slum. > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK1UfegecNQ > > > > > Regards, > > > r >
