EXCELLENT! I hope you publish this in the one of Goa's Newspapers (preferably Dempo owned Navhind Times)
T. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:00:26 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Me and mine were affected - by Cecil Pinto (with apologies > to all real poets) > > When you raped my land > I was affected. > When your truck ran over my school-going daughter > I was affected. > When my mother died of lung disease > I was affected. > When you destroyed my father's fields > And paid him a pittance > I was affected. > When you tore out mountains > Leaving red-earth scars > And homeless birds and animals > I was affected. > When you bought more trucks > And more trucks > And built your mansions > And fattened your bank accounts > While covering my village > With fine dust that slowly killed and corrupted everything > I was affected. > > And now after making enough money for many generations > Because you cannot make even more money > Suddenly you become the victim? > Suddenly you are mining affected?! > > ===============
