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On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Cecil Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Sex and the Village > > The Committee of Concerned Aldonkars (COCA) today led a morcha into > the capital city of Panjim demanding a brothel for Aldona. They > carried placards with provocative slogans and illustrations. The > participants numbered around two dozen and there were only two > females. > > "Ma’am, you look like a married woman. Why are you supporting the > demand for a brothel in your village?" > > "I am panch from women’s ward. I am not knowing nothing. I do what > mister is telling." > > "Mister?" > > "My husband telling me what to do." > > "Ha! So much for empowerment. And you ma’am? Why are you demanding a > brothel?" > > "What brothel frothel? I join any morcha. Any rally. I oppose > anything. I am an activist!" > > "Oh ok. Excuse me Sir, could you outline the purpose of this morcha?" > > "We are going to gherao the office and paint his face black?" > > "What office? Who’s face?" > > "I don’t know. Whoever is responsible for denying us a brothel in Aldona." > > "Young man, what exactly is the problem?" > > "We want sex! We want sex! We want sex!" > > "Amkam zai amkam zai. Amchem gherget amkam zai!" > > "One at a time please. Could you explain this demand." > > "Look here, Aldona has seven banks, three high schools, eight primary > schools, three pharmacies, two wine stores, twenty six catering > service providers, three ATMs, forty nine bars - and no brothel!" > > "And we are talking of just Aldona village not Aldona constituency." > > "What is our MLA doing? Why he is not taking initiative? Hannh?" > > "Excuse me Sir! You want your MLA to open a brothel in your village?" > > "Why ever not? See the coastal belt ruling MLAs. They encourage sex > workers and nightlife entrepreneurs. Why can’t our MLA do the same?" > > "Why do we have to go to Mapusa, or even further to Calangute, for paid > sex?" > > "We want sex! Amkam gherget zai!" > > "But why do you need a brothel for sex? Don’t you have wives? And > girlfriends?" > > "Aldona girls don’t give!" > > "My wife doesn’t give me either!" > > "The few women that used to give have gone away, or got married and > stopped giving." > > "Sir, I know you are a happily married man. Why are you demanding a > brothel?" > > "Because of hinterland tourism." > > "What?!" > > "See the Government is promoting non-beach tourism in a big way. So we > see tourists coming to Aldona to see the splendid river and the > Corjuem Cable Stayed Bridge and the Corjuem Fort and the magnificient > Church. Naturally they then want to have refreshments and drinks and > food and…" > > "Well it is true that a certain type of tourism, like port cities, > need sex workers to service the needs of the visitors but how does > that concern a happily married man like you?" > > "If we don’t provide them with an outlet, like a brothel, they might > start seducing our wives!" > > "Or our daughters, or our sisters, or our aunties!" > > "I see." > > "Also so many male migrant labourers are living in Aldona and their > wives are in their native place. They also need outlets." > > "I see." > > "Take Porvorim, which does not even have a Communidade. Every few > months we hear about some call girl racket busted in Porvorim. And > Aldona has two Communidades and not a single whore!" > > "This is a shame for Aldona! We want sex! Amkam gherget zai!" > > "We will vote in this election only for a candidate who fulfills our > demand for a brothel." > > "Amkam zai, amkam zai! Amkam kolvontan zai!" > > > > ========== > -- www.amitavghosh.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
