Hi Philip, I was hoping someone would respond to your interesting comment. But since no has done so, let me take your bait.
Goans can stay in their balcao contemplating the "three-ring circus" in government in Goa and India. Yet in the short span of about 40-60 years, Goa and India have made remarkable economic strides (from bullockcart to space missions) in spite of the "three-ring circus." Can you imagine what these places and people would have done if "all were on the same page?" Let me make a humble suggestion to Goan writers. Instead of the news-reporters giving their opinion and solutions on every aspect of life, why don't they interview and quote "people in the know?" Hence let's hear from retired Goan navy brass about the navy base in Goa. Let's hear from retired airline pilots and officials about the maximum utilization of Dabolim, or the need for MOPA, and the tourists /film industry about IFFI, etc. Don't you think that would be a better way to educate cyber-Goans? I have yet to read pros and con on any Goa related issue from two recognized authorities. Thus the rest of us may get the same EXPERT opinions and advice as the politicians. Perhaps you and other journalists have done so. Goans living in the north and south "pole" (i.e. far away from the Goan tropics like me) would be better off listening to and reading from some technically qualified natives. Just a suggestion. Kind Regards, GL Philip Thomas: I would be interested to know especially from our overseas Goan friends in supposedly progressive climes what the role should be of a "democratic government in a republican context" in this tragi-comic situation. Cheers.
