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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Barad brought the point home and Selma provided some edge to the current phenomenon of "save" committees and organisations. I was to to deal with the issue when I heard that Churchill has floated a new party called Save Goa Democratic Front which, I believe, is now forced to be Save Goa Front. If one strings togetehr the "save" bodies it would make a rosary. It would have come handy during the Lent, with Goans using it to plead with the Lord to save our homeland and everything that needs to be saved as laid down by NGOs and other socio-political groups. Barad is partly right in saying that such bodies come up prior to elections, like mushrooms. They come be brought together under one giant umbrella -- SAVE OURSELVES. Overuse of the word "save" can only result in eroding its true meaning and, hence, render it useless, or worse, a joke. We could only end up becoming a laughing stock of the rest of India. Other states also have problems, but I think Goa beats them all in sprouting our own brand of social activism. Save Narmada was the rallying call and, earlier to that, Save the Trees or rather Chipko Movement. An oft-repeated SOS can be seen as the wailing cries of a society in deep crises of losing its soul. Eugene Correia ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097