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Philip Thomas writes: >Where in heaven's name was there a need to go at IFFI/Exposition with hammer and tongs? If you ask me, first priority should have been given to an established event like Exposition considering the Goan people's sentiments >and the huge numbers involved. As long as Parrikar can get away with murder, he will get away. In this respect, he is no different from Bush. He has such a big ego that clouds his perspective. And boot-lickers who are weak, who look up to a God or an allmighty or a big power will keep sucking up to him. It is no wonder we see boot-licking articles from the Middle East. The only way to change things is to make sure that people such as Parrikar are not elected. In this respect, all support needs to go to GoanObserver. May be Goan observer needs to be funded to make sure it is alive, and keeps flourishing. Perhaps we need Konkani and Marathi editions of GoanObserver. The point is: to have an alternate for BJP, money is needed. Given that the Congress lot are also selfish (we have seen that Isidore got elected despite being a unanimous candidate), we need others to raise the money. Rajan Narayan clearly stated the reasons: the narrow minded Congressmen were not willing to dip into their own pockets. NRIs who are well off have to put their money where their mouth is and support entities such as Goan Observer, Lok Shakti etc. Only then can possibilities of change be seen. regards, Samir Kelekar Bangalore