Dear fellow goanet readers
Some of our super clever intelluctuals visiting planet earth via Goanet can now
go back home with their video recorders
and sunglasses. The Goa elections are now completed and the incoming Government
is in Position. I can only hope
previous postholders did not shred their work and will work with the current
postholders on matters that will benefit the
state, the environment and its people.
As my airbus was approaching Goa a real live commentary was started by two
Gulfies from Duler starting with " poi amche
Goia burem dista". The sun was shining over a canopy of green trees when near
Siradao there was a gash in the
mountainside the size of three football pitches exposing soil where trees once
grew. It may have been the illegal felling of
timber as it could not have been caused by the Elections as electronic voting
machines were used. Congratulations must
go to all involved in the electoral process in organising a fair and orderly
voting process. Politicians and democracy go
hand in hand, one cannot work without the other.
In the United Kingdom we still use a pencil cross on Paper, an environmental
waste of trees, unlike in Goa, and given the
will can be addressed in the west. I did not spot any party political symbols,
if there was one I would recommend the
Triangle. In America the triangle in the workplace has the pointed end at the
bottom with the base at the surface, People
helping each other to the surface with their hands so that everyone becomes
top. The British System has the triangle top
facing the sky everyone stepping on each other with their boots, until one gets
to the top.
Amongst our people I keep hearing the phrase top job, top shot etc so I was
surprised to hear of visiting Canadian Seniors
(polite term for old people) tipping porters at Dabolim Airport one rupee
saying last time they gave four annas. This does
not look like the American triangle upside down. All said and done I also heard
visitors from England to the Diamond
Jubilee of Nairobi Institute a few years ago found difficulty in tipping the
coach driver who was with them all week the
equivalent of five pence! I cannot say this was the triangle top facing
skywards, more like British style, an admin system
of keeping people down.
Goa airport has a new terminal being built and will look like London Gatwick
North when completed. Dabolim, unlike
Bombay, can handle wheelchair bound customers with chairs that fit the aisle of
the aircraft and lifts to travel from floor to
floor - lifts use a lot of electricity. As you leave the Airport a new highway
with modern street lighting is almost completed,
with most roads in Goa now tarmac hence dust is reduced, the fumes from vehicle
exhausts is also well filtered less led
pollution for young people. It was good to note workers cultivating crops
growing in the fields just like the old days.
With the local greed we hear about Shopping in the Tourist belt of Candolim and
Calangute one can expect to pay tourist
prices however I found a delightful store in Mapusa Market called Tourist
Paradise where almost everything was at local
prices. The same can be said for other stores around the market. Francis bakery
and Xaviers are indeed good value for a
quick meal. There are still a lot of good people in Goa, with 87% voting I ask
that we all look at life with an upside down
triangle helping each other for the the benefit of all. Armchair Madvisor's
should not be taken seriously and be allowed to
continue on their way away from planet earth.
Congratulations and best wishes to Mr Parrikar and the Government of Goa Team.
Melvyn Fernandes
Thornton Heath
Surrey, United Kingdom
18 March 2012
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