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Stop Tomatina
It's really amazing how easily we get influenced by movies, thanks to GNMD a
"tomatina" war has now been declared in Goa by some "phoreen" bodies with the
help of our local tourism boys and girls. First it was our lovely virgin
culturally intertwined festivals like Carnival and Holi that were raped on the
commercial platform for the benefit of Tourism and now a Spanish culture is
being imposed on us and may I ask why ?
Goa is not even self sufficient in it's agricultural needs, we depend and
depend heavily on other states for our agricultural needs and consume and as
such we are paying a very high prices for even the most common ingredients of
our cooking and eating.
Tomatoes may not be our basic food, but still it's a food item and we pay a
price for it, so if the Authorities can waste tons of tomatoes for a festival
that is not even "desi" why can't they subsidize the prices of our basic food
items for the benefit of the common man ? Is it fair to give more importance to
tourists than the needs of the people ?
I am sure even in Goa we could find people who would be willing to live even on
tomatoes if they could only be within the reach of their pockets. Debauchery
may not be a crime in the book of laws but it is certainly a crime in the books
of humanity ?
It's nothing new for people with money, when they get bored to go to extreme
lengths to find themselves a fix, something that could give them a rush of
blood and they certainly come up with some vague and depraved ideas.
If Mr. Rahul Raj Singh wants to have fun with poor tomatina, let him do so on
his own fertile play grounds in Punjab where agriculture is the main profession
and if reports are right, the highest agricultural yield comes for his land, so
I am sure he will find a lot of support for his fix there.
In the fallacious games of the rich and the famous, the poor Goa Tourism
Department is always a willing puppet, sways and dances at their tune for a few
pieces of silver or even copper or even empty promises without even a thought
of logic or what they stand for or the consequences thereafter.
If the Authorities want to see our people smiling and happy, they should
subsidize the prices of essential commodities instead of wasting our recourses
to see smiles and happiness on the faces of tourists. I always say and I say it
again, our Authorities should get their priorities right.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
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