What impressed me the most is the Cansaulim model for preventing ablutions by migrant workers living in rented places without proper amenities. It's time we ask ourselves: "What can we do to our country?" rather than perpetually complaining about the BJP, Congress, etc. Bennet Paes From: Joao Barros-Pereir" <[email protected]> To: goanet <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2012 8:29 PM Subject: [Goanet] rules
for kind favor of publication RULES AND REGULATIONS AND GOAN SOCIETY Unless we have honesty backed by rules and regulations our lives will become hell! And, this is exactly what we have experienced in the last few years. If every cloud has a silver lining then this is the great lesson the Congress Party has taught the people of Goa. We should be grateful to them by not voting for them. One experience in hell is enough and only the foolhardy would want to revisit it. If the BJP Party goes the same way then we would need to look for an alternative party. Some people insist there are a couple of rotten apples. As they say, one apple is enough to make all the other apples rotten so we voters need to be extra watchful! CM Parrikar however deserves our appreciation for attempting to organize the tourism industry by introducing discipline into the fun and frolic economic wheel of Goa. Hospitality and hospital are related and for years this sector has shown several symptoms of disease. With proper treatment it can be nursed back to health. But we Goans are nothing if not a wild and fun loving people which are good qualities in themselves but without discipline it can, as we have seen from bitter experience, transform our lives into a living hell! After tourism I hope the Chief Minister will have the time and energy to look into the big problem of road safety. With mining and other problems on a big scale, it is simply amazing to see how well he is doing in various sectors of the economy. We need to have more patience. Governance, they say, is too important to be in the hands of only our representatives. The local community also has to participate, and as our society matures and we learn to cooperate, more and more people will get involved in everyday issues. We certainly cannot wait for big, burning issues to wake us from our slumber. Rome was not built in a day. Rome or Goa it takes time! Our colonial legacy of siding with whomsoever is in power has made us an opportunistic, non-cooperative, slavish society. While we rage and curse outsiders for taking over our economy we need to look for the root cause which is closer to home. A Goan is someone who will welcome people from all over the world except his neighbor. Religious teachings tell us to love our neighbor. Obviously it is not easy. Most Goans would rather open their doors to anyone except their neighbors. With the majority of Goans behaving in this way, is it any wonder the whole world wants to settle in Goa? Goans need to get involved in the unglamorous daily affairs of the state. Here is a good example. The villagers of Cansaulim and its environs are going to make sure all the people who have rented rooms on a monthly basis also provide proper toilet facilities so tenants don't have to do their daily ablutions outside the walls as it is an unnecessary and unsolicited contribution to the village. No need for this kind of development! Other villagers could also take up this issue so we can all be proud of our clean and hygienic villages. Is your village a No Kaka Village?
