Bernard Colaco writes: 50 years there was one Libia Lobo Sardessai squirting leaflets from a bharati helicopter that contained information that Goa was 'liberated'. Today Goa is infiltrated with dacoits who murder and pillage at will since the events of 61. Our puppets can not do anything but sympathise with the deceased. Like many unsolved murders there is no clue about the Old Goa dacoity. Our large and small communities are still sleeping with the 'liberation'. Will Goans ever wake up?
My thoughts. The majority of Goans never asked for nor condoned the Liberation. For the few who did condone this action by Jawaharlal Neru, done to prop up his image after a sound defeat in the north by China, has this liberation become an aberration ? The majority do not appreciate the influx of these teaming hoards coming across the Ghats (Ghantis) bringing with them all sorts of unpleasant traits like bribery, decoitry, corruption, and many social evils not known to Goans before the so called Liberation. Graham Green the travel author who visited Goa before the liberation said that of all the places in India he had visited, Goa was the cleanest and most hygienic. He mentioned our primitive toilets and the toilet cleaners ( Pigs) but he claimed that there were no feces in undesirable places and that primitive though our sanitary system was, it served its purpose and contributed to a cleaner and healthier environment than any other place in India, where the world is a toilet. Unfortunately, these undesirables have not spared Goa and have even transported their habit of sleeping and shitting and in fact living on the footpaths and bridges. Unfortunately we Goans, being a conquered meek and humble people can do little to rid ourselves of our conquerors. Unlike the Nagas, we lack the gumption, the courage,the fortitude, and the force necessary for such an action. Therefore, the only options we have are either stick with the status quo, or through the legislative process ensure that laws are passed and enforced, restricting the uncontrolled flow of immigrants into Goa and also restricting opportunities for these immigrants from taking jobs in Goa which rightly should be held and done by Goans. For this to take place, we need a strong legislative Assembly, Not the empty paperweights ( POKELE) who currently hold the reigns of power and lack the desire, fortitude and foresight to do the right thing. When this happens, then we can have control of our own affairs and shape our own destiny this has to happen fairly soon before we are overrun by the hoards and loose control to them. Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares
