I fully concur with Rajan on what he says here; not necessarily his other postings. More so on his acount of the Indian Navy not only in Goa but elswhere too. Long ago I had wriiteen here that the Indian Navy Skills and resources should have been utilised to get the Infamous River Princess out of trouble off Candolim Beach. Perhaps the Navy had no skills?? and the meagre extra resources are spent on unimportant issues; and of course the Navy is in Goa only for the annual Ball, it defeinitely looks that way!. This too I had mentioned in the early years. What Goa? The whole of India is inept and corrupt and totally in-efficient in these things. The RTO Goa and everywhere else in India are a 'Laughing Stock'. All the officials from Top to Bottom need to be given 'ajut' with salt in the mix; that should 'cleanse' them! . That might cure them for good! Nascy Caldeira.
________________________________ From: Rajan P. Parrikar <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 20 February 2012 4:18 AM Subject: [Goanet] Days' summary (02/19/2012) To Goanet - 1) Goan politicians talk of "development" all the time. What they mean by the word always involves land, land conversion, digging, concrete, and migrant labour. What the tragedy underscored is that when it comes to REAL "development," Goa and India are firmly in the ranks of the Third World. It took 3 hours for the first responders to get to the accident site. Now this kind of "development" - to put in place trained professionals, processes, systems, and procedures for such emergencies - is never on anyone's mind here. You can rest assured that there will be no lessons learnt. There will be another tragedy, the same cycle of outcry, anger, indignation will repeat. Indians have pretensions of being important, but really, they are a third rate nation. The reports that the Navy response was inadequate did not surprise me at all. The Indian Navy is in Goa to hold the Navy Ball and crown the Navy Queen. That's their job #1. Job #2 of the Indian Navy is to usurp prime Goan land. And the goal of every respectable pot-bellied Indian Navy officer posted to Goa is to find for himself a flat to settle here once his vacation, er, I mean, service in the Navy is over. The whole world got confirmation of the hollow boasts of Indians about their military following the terror attacks in Mumbai. Commandos arriving in rickety old buses (luxury buses reserved only for Tendulkar & Co), the slow motion rappelling from the sitting duck of a helicopter (fortunately the terrorist numbers had depleted by then), all to the accompaniment of Burqa's hysterics. 2) There is some chatter in Goan circles, both online and in real life, about how the tourists were inconvenienced by the cancellation of the Carnival. All I can say is, these Goans deserve a good 'ajuta' up their you-know-what to clear all the detritus in their bird brains. r --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
