In the ongoing debate raging over Goa's international airport, a group of
citizens from Margao and Verna met with Margaret Alva and handed her a
memorandum on the subject, with a copy to South Goa MP Churchill Alemao. We
reproduce below the memorandum for your information
September 1, 2005
Ms.
Sorry to disabuse you of your far fetched notion that my ancestors were the
Portuguese pilgrim fathers from across the ocean. As far as I can tell, I am
a legitimate daughter of pure blooded Goan gaunkari (comunidade) Hindu
ancestry.Unfortunately, one of the compatriots of my Hindu ancestors,
Standing on the steeple and pontificating to the people, airing profound
thoughts with a superior air, massaging their delicate egos, bossing
everyone around, crushing any different opinion ruthlessly and doing
constant whitewashing jobs are perhaps tasks best left to the men, while we
women get
Sir,
It is apparent that Flaviano Dias' article In Freedom Struggle Goans fought
as Indians (Panorama, March 6, 2005) is a last ditch effort to project the
controversial VCD as the gospel truth, just as he tries to discount another
point of view that All fought freedom struggle as Goans. While
Factual inaccuracies in Vishwanath Pai Panandiker's above article were
highlighted in the following letter which appeared in the Navhind Times. To
help keep the record straight, I would invite Mr. Panandiker to please
respond to it. - Diana
Visvanath Pai Panandiker in his article entitled
In case it has escaped the attention of our Honourable Tourism Minister
Matanhy Saldanha, it is now well into January, the clock is ticking on, the
River Princess is still flaunting her dubious charms amidst the bikini clad
tourists on the beautiful shores of Candolim, and the Tourism Minister is
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Gilbert,
Sure, stay at home - that's your prerogative and I respect your feelings.
But as for me, I'm off to vote..!
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you that we are just about fed up of
lame duck choices being offered to us by the Congress and other parties, who
reveal their bankruptcy of
Yes, South Goa voters are in a very unenviable predicament But remember, its
hard times not only for voters in S. Goa, but probably all over India and I
think we have no alternative but to make some hard choices. Dodging a
problem never did anyone any good. Politics has sunk to an abysmal low
Actually, the exhibition encompassed botanical species of Goa. And no, the
Lurker's Forum chief was not an exhibit. But it appears that a Kerala
coconut specimen sneaked in as an exhibit by masquerading as one of our
renowned Benaulim nuts. On cursory examination, the judges declared that it
was
Been reading a bit about lurkers recently. As a card carrying member of the
lurker's fraternity, I must say that we lurkers give the active linkers
space to say their bit, also providing them with an admiring audience who
enjoy the posts - some witty, some weighty, a few pungent - just made to
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