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TitBits 017 Su-Raj V/s Bu-Raj And for the first time, leading to the May 30th. assembly elections of Goa, we saw umpteen attempts by all the leading political parties to rub one slogan to its last end. The slogan being "Good Governance" We saw Manohar Parrikar's BJP voicing it. We saw Shashikala Kakodkar making maximum noise about it as was the Congress. We saw huge hoadings all over Goa proclaiming "Good Governance". And we saw, for the first time, a political party actually named after the slogan "Goa Su-Raj Party" simply meaning "Goa Good Governance Party" also trying to snatch its share of proclaiming good governance in its unique way And, many elections have come and gone since 1961 and the political parties did not see the good reason to flog this "Good Governance " slogan. Maybe this was attributed to the fact that no one saw it fit that the people of Goa should be unnecessarily awakened to the fact that there is something called "Good Governance". Why throw a stone in the dung and get splashed all over?? Rajesh Singh, in his series on "Good Governance" (NT) stirred the hornet's nest. The cue was immediately taken by the people who are behind the formation of the "Good Governance Party" and it became "fait accompli". And whereas 'Suraj' which was hitherto considered as the 'Sun' got to be acknowledged as "Good Governance" too. The connection between Suraj and Swaraj made big waves in Goa when the most enterprising Ms. Deepa Murkunde gave it the recognition when she boldly stated "We got Swaraj - But we want Suraj", and when she was jailed for demanding, in her own very special and unique way, a little cleaner facility of the luxury of the toilet in the Gandhi Market. What that meant was that inspite of us getting the much touted Swaraj, it was still the smelling, stinking and overflowing 'Badburaj" in the Gandhi market. But then it is not a mere coincidence that the existence of this Badburaj which I would prefer to call Buraj for simplicity sake, has even hit as far as Delhi when we see our enterprising Union Home Minister and the second in command Dy. Prime Minister Shri. Lal Krishna Advani giving voice to the same sentiments as Ms. Deepa Murkunde. Perhaps, and it may not be an exaggeration, the toilets in Delhi must be at their point of no return and stinking and smelling and overflowing that even the otherwise insensitive nose of our dear dear Lal Krishna Advani is revolting. He is absolutely right when he says "SURAJ IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT GOOD HEALTH FOR ALL" (Herald Nov 11 Page 5) And it is the universal fact that if one has to start one's day by adoring a smelling, stinking and overflowing toilet, one cannot help but be sick. And it is the universal fact that the stink which is directly connected to Buraj that is flowing down from our august Parliament House in Delhi, into the numerous Legislative Assemblies and umpteen Municipal Corporations and hundreds of Zilla Panchayats and thousands of Gram Panchayats, will eventually overflow into the Parliament House by return and the stink of which will reach the otherwise insensitive noses of the Kings who are dishing out the Buraj in the first place. Therefore, it is important that before the kings themselves lose their good health, they should start cleaning up their acts so that the people of India may experience the Suraj leading up to giving them good and enjoyable health. Cheers Floriano ---------------------------------------------------------- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal ----------------------------------------------------------
