On 26 July, epaperoheraldo stated on page 5 that the "beleaguered
residents of Moti Dangor and Talsanzor will have to keep their fingers
until early next week..." but I hope with all my heart that they get to
retain their fingers for the rest of their lives no matter what the
decision of the Administrator of Comunidade, South. In the same issue,
it states that "while in other offices the workers can take several
breaks in between the breaks, in the schools teachers get a short break
during the school recess. This can be very stressful." Not surprising in
view of this back-breaking pace that must surely lead to a tremendous
boost in productivity. Two days later, on page 2, it stated that elderly
patients of the Margao hospital "have to literally walk on the second
floor of the building when the elevator breaks down in times of power
failures and hospital staff not attending to their needs". I am puzzled
as to why the walking is restricted to the second floor of the hospital
and the relevance of the elevator to this exercise, unless of course the
elevator doubles up as a wheel chair -- an interesting technology that
should be immediately patented. I am addicted to gram, in particular the
various types sold at the Mapusa market near the old Aldona bus stand.
It is therefore gratifying to read in the epaperoheraldo of 29 July that
the village of Raia shares my passion to the extent of dedicating a
special meeting in its defense as evidenced by the statement "the Raia
gram sabha on Sunday Gram strongly objected to the move by government to
construct bridge from Shiroda to Rachol..." presumably because the said
construction would greatly disturb the peaceful consumption of my
favourite lentil. In the edition of 31 July on page 18, I was greatly
relieved to learn that toilets in India will be protected from Pakistani
intrusion starting on the day after Valentine day since the newspaper
clearly states that "India to open WC defense against Pak on Feb 15".
Goa will presumably not be affected because from the photos published by
JoeGoaUK on the state of Goa's public toilets, no additional defense
against potential intruders is necessary.
