> "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]> wrote :
> There are others who merit our serious consideration. To name a few:
> Joel D'Souza, Frederick Noronha and Gaspar Almeida.
Honouring? What that? And why is it needed anyway?
Speaking for myself, I would argue that the genuine volunteer work is
seldom propelled by a desire or need for such honours or whatever.
Each of us know why we find what we do to be important. We don't need
any convincing about that. The consequent satisfaction we get from
doing it is more than reward enough.
A greater honour would be if we could learnt to (i) keep rivalries and
pettyness aside when dealing with one another (ii) not ridicule
someone whose work we don't understand (iii) avoid pouring insults on
others just because we disagree politically or otherwise with their
perspectives on certain issues.....
If anyone wants to "honour" a wider cause, just stay off negativism,
take on some new volunteer initiative. So many are already doing it,
only they might not have the shoulders-of-the-giant-called-cyberspace
to stand on!
That is the best way of giving back. But where are all the volunteers
who built huge community assets (from kudds to clubhouses, schools to
what not) in another era? Today it's even tough to find consistent
volunteers for cyber initiatives, leave aside real-world world!
FN
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