----- Original Message ----- From: Floriano Lobo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:09 PM Subject: IFFI Advantages :By Sandeep Heble (NT Cybervoices) - COMMENTS: By Floriano Lobo (goasuraj)
Navhindtimes, 4 April 2004 CyberVoices IFFI Advantages : By Sandeep Heble Floriano Lobo in his post titled "problems related to IFFI", which appeared in The Navhind Times dated March 30, commits the cardinal sin of raking up a few disadvantages (some of them imaginary) associated with the film festival whist ignoring the huge benefits a festival of this kind can have for Goa and its citizens. Endowed with natural beaches and scenic nature, Goa has always been a tourist's paradise. Of late though, the growth rate in the tourism sector has been marginal and other states are fast catching up with Goa. In fact, states like Kerala have surged ahead and reasons for this are not difficult to comprehend. The modern tourist is a more demanding one. He has various choices at his disposal and Goa, apart from its natural beauty, has very little to offer to cater to his wants and needs. In a world fascinated with fame and celebrity, it comes as no surprise to find that films have consistently influenced travel decisions. The Hindi film Ek Duje Ke liye was credited with sending a huge wave of tourists to our state. If films enable countries and regions to leverage the visibility that they provide and boost their tourism potential, a film festival promises much more. The IFFI thus is a mountain of opportunity for Goa and Goans. It can bring substantial benefits in terms of jobs and income, and support for a wider choice of services and facilities that would otherwise be viable. While the boom in the tourism sector will be unimaginable, there are bound to be spin-offs in other areas too. Theatres, airlines, restaurants, hotels, consumer shops, travel agencies and construction houses are just some of the related businesses that can experience a huge growth. Investment in basic infrastructure too will grow at a fast and rapid pace. Mr Parrikar has shown the vision and the wisdom of a statesman by adopting policies that promise to give a big boost to Goa's tourism sector. The IFFI is bound to transform Goa into one of the hottest destinations in the World. With Mr. Parrikar in the helm, Goa is certainly in for major development advancements! COMMENTS: Sandeep Heble seems to have analyzed the advantages and the disadvantages of the IFFI to be held permanently in Goa, more so in the City of Panjim and has come to the conclusion that the advantages weigh far more than the disadvantages. And if that is so, then I have no quarrel with him. But I am very uncomfortable with his assessment of Mr. Parrikar when he says " with Mr. Parrikar in the helm, Goa is certainly in for major development advancements" That makes Mr. Parrikar a man with a vision for Goa, the "I KNOW IT ALL" syndrome. We know from history that Adolf Hitler was a man with a vision for Germany. And Germans acknowledged and accepted his leadership that would make Germany the leader of the entire world at whatever cost. But they failed to see that he was consumed with hatred for the Jews. And it took just one man of courage and perseverance in Winston Churchill of Great Britain to break the back of Hitler's Germany along with its Italian and Japanese allies. A leader with a vision must have the people behind him. When it comes to Manohar Parrikar, the only people who are behind him are the people with vested interests and his RSS goons. May it be his few self-centered colleagues in the government or the contractors and government officials with vested interests. But definitely not the people at large. This has been shown through the exercise of the City of Panjim Corporation Bill, Miramar Beach Privatization, Campal trees, and now the IFFI. When a visionary leader fails the people, his and his coterie's fate is marked. The examples are a plenty. Herr Hitler had to shoot himself in the head to disappear from the scene . The bodies of Italy's Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clarette Petacci were hanged and spat on in public square in Milan after their execution. Nicolae Ceausescu of Rumania and his wife Elenor faced a machine gun squad. Ferdinand Marcos of Phillipines had to sneak out like a fatigued dog to an exile in Guam. The latest is Saddam Hussein of Iraq who was fished out of a hole in the ground after his overthrow. This is the ultimate fate of dictators who believe in nothing and everything. Dear Mr. Sandeep Heble, should I continue to name more dictators who have been trampled by the people ??? The IFFI is a 10 day programme in a year of 365 days, and the euphoria surrounding it in a small vested interest's circle versus the prohibiting costs does not justify the ends. Besides, Manohar Parrikar is using the IFFI as an excuse to unleash on Goa the cultural destabilization that only the RSS mind can imagine. He has failed in the Miramar Beach Privatization programme. He wants to succeed by hook or by crook in IFFIing Panjim. "Floriano Lobo commits the cardinal sin of raking up a few disadvantages (some of them imaginary" you say?? Imaginary or not, they are all there in Manohar Parrikar's 37 page Budget speech delivered to the Legislative Assembly. People of Goa are no fools to be led by the RSS and its brainwashed ideology. People of Goa will not fall prey to these lucrative machinations. There are other more pressing priorities. But they seem to be pushed to the bottom. Only time will tell as to who is making a "Cardinal Sin". You say "The modern tourist is a more demanding one". The home lessons that we have learnt well remind us to entertain the guests who visit us in our homes as according to our capacity and capability. If we borrowed until our necks stretched to entertain the one day visiting guests, then that would be highly immoral and suicidal. And this is exactly what Manohar Parrikar is doing. Floriano Lobo goasuraj ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
