Why blame the victim? If, as you say, Goans are being oppressed by a repressive by indian imperialists, why blame a journalist in that oppressed land ? Is it not your duty, as a patriot, who has the good fortune to live in a country, which as you repeatedly proclaim, is a true friend of Goa, to do something about it?
A Goan - Portuguese government in exile, protests to the United Nations, protest marches to the indian embassy..... I submit that, these things are not done, because it is all humbug and posturing. --- Rui Collaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is very disappointing to watch how journalist > Frederick Noronha tries to > explain the unexplainable. For him, Goa's small size > is the obstacle! Is > India a union of big states or a union of states? > Can anyone imagine > Maharashtra's or Karnataka's or UP's state > administrations being massively > colonised by...Goan officers? No way! So why is it > OK for Goans to be bossed > over mostly by non-Goan officers? Just because they > are brown-skinned, even > though they may come from 2000 kms away? Do they > know more about Goa than > the handful of Portuguese officials and the > thousands of Goans of all ranks > who were part of the colonial administration? I > doubt very much. > Noronha's "soft" and almost apologetic approach to > such a decisive issue for > the future of goans sounds weird. His call for > "deeper understanding of the > issue" must be music to the ears of the Indian > authorities. They can carry > on with their high-handedness regarding Goa and > Goans. They know that no > reaction can be expected from them. > > Rui Manuel Collaço > > Lisbon > > > >From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [Goanet]Goans in IAS? > >Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 01:29:43 +0530 (IST) > > > >On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Daryl Martyris wrote: > > > > > I've been noticing that lot of directors and > secretaries of government > > > departments are not Goans. I heard recently that > the IAS still does not > >have > > > a Goa cadre. Is this true? Does anyone know why > is this is so? Is it > >because > > > not enough Goans qualify for the IAS to deserve > a seperate cadre? Does > > > anyone know if any Goan has ever joined the IAS? > > > I would think that not having a separate cadre > is a tacit admission > >that > > > Goans lack the capacity to be good > administrators. > > > > > > Of course this doesn't imply that governance > will automatically become > >any > > > better if Goans head the departments, nor am I > necessarily advocating a > >"Goa > > > for Goans" theme. I'm just curious. > > > >That's true. Goa doesn't have its own IAS cadre. > > > >Many reasons have been given for this; primarily > the state's small size. > >My hunch is that the prime factor is that Goans > don't trust each other > >enough. We have hundreds of years of contradictions > and bitterness among > >ourselves to be still sorted out. It's no point > blaming communalism alone, > >because even when it wasn't around in its current > form, we still had a lot > >of caste-based battles which dominated Goa for much > of the 20th century. > > > >Having said that, one would like to caution against > a simplistic > >categorisation of "Goan IAS = good" and > "outside-state IAS = bad". We > >have seen some fairly good IAS officers work in Goa > during its Union > >Territory days. I really have no answer of what has > changed since, and > >why. > > > >One could assume that a local officer might have > more concern for 'getting > >things right' in his or her home state. But this > isn't always the case. > >Does this logic work, say, for politicians? And > many others who play a > >crucial role in guiding the destiny of Goa? > > > >One needs to recall that a number of recent chief > ministers, including > >Manohar Parrikar, have had severe disagreements > with the Chief > >Secretaries, with the later having had to > ignomiously withdraw from Goa > >for political reasons. > > > >This is an issue which surely calls for a deeper > understanding. FN > > > >########################################################################## > ># 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 # > >########################################################################## > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. 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