Question maku? Que significado! Interrobang uzar korat (monant). Pun to ek nonstandard marku Baba. Use an interrobang. The interrobang had a short life but look it up. Here it comes below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang
Ot you English lighters no know it! Not eben hurd op it :) But you so shanna hanh! Aww ... Engene let people be ligards Liberation. Enough of matar por sufocação. Chortle, chortle, Venantius J Pinto On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Eugene Correia <eugene.corr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't understand the significance of a question mark. The state of Goa > today doesn't need to be seen through a keyhole. It should be an assertion > that Goa's Liberation has become sour for many Goans. It isn't that all > Goans have benefitted from Liberation. > Just as there are the "spoils of war", there are "spoils of Liberation". > Goans are in charge of their destiny. There are some Catholic miisters in > the government, if one wants to pin down the government for pushing its > Hinduvta agenda. > If Goa is falling apart, as one is led to believe, it is the unmaking of > Goa by those who care a damn. Is Liberation to be blamed for it? Liberation > wasn't an illusion. It was blood and bravery. People laid down their lives. > Those who fought for it, fought for an ideal. > What became of India? What has become of Goa? Progress yes, and, at the > same time, worse things that effect the livelihood of Goans. > > Eugene > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Robin Viegas <robinvie...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > From: b sabha <bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Isn%E2%80%99t-Liberation-a-cruel-joke-when-Goa-is-in-chains/96957.html > > [http://www.heraldgoa.in/images/fb-post1.jpg]< > > > http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Isn%E2%80%99t-Liberation-a-cruel-joke-when-Goa-is-in-chains/96957.html > > > > > > > Isn’t Liberation a cruel joke when Goa is in chains?< > > > http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Isn%E2%80%99t-Liberation-a-cruel-joke-when-Goa-is-in-chains/96957.html > > > > > www.heraldgoa.in > > As incessantly as the regularity of the passage of time, Goa basks in the > > glory of “liberation” with the same set template of going through the > > motions of celebrating freedom from the yoke of colonisation. But are we > > liberated? > > > > > > > > > > As incessantly as the regularity of the passage of time, Goa basks in the > > glory of “liberation” with the same set template of going through the > > motions of celebrating freedom from the yoke of colonisation. But are we > > liberated? > > > > 19 Dec, 2015, 08:00AM IST > > > > A- A+ > > < > > > http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Isn%E2%80%99t-Liberation-a-cruel-joke-when-Goa-is-in-chains/96957.html# > > >< > > > http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Isn%E2%80%99t-Liberation-a-cruel-joke-when-Goa-is-in-chains/96957.html# > > >7 > > > > As incessantly as the regularity of the passage of time, Goa basks in the > > glory of “liberation” with the same set template of going through the > > motions of celebrating freedom from the yoke of colonisation. But are we > > liberated? > > > > Freedom and colonisation are both easy to sell to the rest of India, > where > > the first was the prize for the fight of many Indians against the later. > So > > when the Indian army, on the orders of the Defence Minister Krishna > Menon, > > raided Goa, in December 1961, it incorporated into its imagination the > > words freedom and colonisation the way it meant in British India. For > sure > > India got Goa in 1961 through an armed annexation which it called the > > culmination of Goa’s freedom movement. The Indian troops managed to > secure > > Goa easily with no resistance by the Portuguese, leading to the Governor > > General of the Estado da India to sign the instrument of surrender. > > > > Let there be no mistake. 54 years later after Estado Da India was > annexed, > > Goans do not need any certificate of patriotism. Their Indian-ness is > > complete. When thousands line up to surrender their Indian passports and > > line up again to get their Portuguese ones, each one tells us of their > > sadness, grief and horror of being betrayed by their country, which has > > taken away their land, their way of life, their identity, their freedoms > > and their confidence to stand up and fight against the tyranny of their > own > > state. And lest we forget, the generation which is lining up to give back > > their blue passports to acquire the red ones, neither know nor feel any > of > > the affects of inquisition or dictatorship of the Portuguese. They do not > > have the ghosts of the past haunting them, but the ghosts of the present. > > And these ghosts are not imaginary but very real. From the panchayat in > > Pilerne to the Secretariat in Porvorim, from the municipality to the > > minister’s office, the common Goan faces the everyday bullishness of a > > system of governance that forces him to literally surrender his liberties > > and his rights in the same manner, that the Governor General of Estado da > > India signed the instrument of surrender on December 19, 1961. > > > > At the heart of this feeling of abject emptiness, (akin to what Mr Kurtz > > the European felt in the forests of Congo in Joseph Conrad’s epic novel > > Heart of Darkness, as he uttered ‘Horror Horror’ on his death bed), is > the > > horror of the common Goan of losing his land, as it is grabbed by the > state. > > > > In Tuem, names of legal lease holders been illegally deleted from Form I > & > > XIV, as the government has taken over land 3,08,625 sq mtrs of land in > > prime forested areas for its electronic city project, by changing the > land > > use of the extinct Regional Pan of 2001 and the “in abeyance” Regional > Plan > > of 2021. Herald investigations have also revealed that not only leased > land > > but legal tenanted land has been taken away from a farmer, Amarnath Naik, > > without his consent or permission. Is this the liberated Goa we live in? > > > > In Tiracol village, there has been a planned, systematic takeover of the > > village, by taking away households and lands in the garb of an eco > tourism > > project. Herald has stood in solidarity with the villagers of Tiracol who > > are battling the twin enemies – Leading Hotels and the government of Goa, > > who have become facilitators, in absolute violation of the Tenancy Act > and > > the Mundkar Act. Is this the liberated Goa we live in? > > From Canacona to Carmona, massive projects built by cutting hillsides, > > destroying forests and violating CRZ provisions, with fancy seductive > > titles showcasing their presence in the lap of nature, have been cleared > by > > either bypassing or manipulating the Regional Plan through utter > corruption > > in the panchayats in collusion with local politicians. Is this the > > liberated Goa we live in? > > > > The takeover of land by the state government, by the central government > > and by private players is the biggest slap on the face of a “liberated” > > Goa. It is a Goa in chains, it is a Goa weakened by corruption and it is > a > > Goa where the powerful and the rich are the liberated dictators with the > > common man living a life of misery as a slave. > > > > The word liberation is cruel joke played upon us. > > > > And how has this takeover of land happened? We wish to draw upon and take > > the liberty of borrowing from a seminal essay by scholars Jason Keith > > Fernandes, Amita Kanekar, Albertina Almeida and Dale Menezes “How Goa is > > getting colonised, one mega project at a time”, (May 31, 2015) in the DNA > > newspaper, to seek answers. The authors wrote, “In Goa, land was > > traditionally appropriated and tightly controlled by the bhatkars. Relief > > to the mundkars and tenants came in the form of the Goa Agricultural > > Tenancy Act, 1964 and the Goa Mundkar Act, 1975, but this relief was > > eventually thwarted by a new and developing economic system that no > longer > > made it economically viable to cultivate land and made it seem more > > alluring to sell land to the highest bidder and share the spoils, albeit > > disproportionately between the bhatkar and the tenants. What we see is > > that, although the mundkar and agricultural population in Goa is not able > > to forge alliances with similar beleaguered communities across India and > > the world, more bhatkars – in the form of national and global > capitalists – > > are getting added to the old ones in Goa. These national and > multi-national > > corporations have allied themselves with the local Goan bhatkars and thus > > combine modern as well as traditional power to drive out the mundkars and > > the agricultural tenants from their ancestral homes and the lands that > they > > have long tended. This is the process by which Goa gets colonised, one > > mega-project at a time” > > > > The biggest fear among “liberated” Goans is the loss of land through > > mischievous take overs. Non Resident Goans are paranoid that when they > > return to Goa, they will find their unattended properties seized and > their > > names struck off land titles due to manipulation at the sub-registrar’s > > office. Is this the liberated Goa we live in? > > > > In the Goa which is in chains, the all powerful current BJP government is > > set to control the government and its men in a manner never done before. > > Key positions in sensitive departments are being filled by loyal RSS and > > BJP followers who will take decisions not according to merit or law but > > according to the wish of the master in Goa and the supreme master in > Delhi > > who is longing to get back to Goa. But let there be no mistake. The > > chaining of Goa has not happened in this rule alone. Let’s not forget > that > > a frustrated Goa, tired of corruption and deals had voted the previous > > government out. And as Goa hopes and prays that these chains will break > it > > knows that the same tried, tested and failed faces will not work. Goa > needs > > a new start, a new energy, and a new polity, ruled by real people. > > > > But Goa is resilient. Even though there is a sense of foreboding, that we > > have indeed surrendered, people give us hope. Activists, foot soldiers > and > > other crusaders, even out of India, tell us not to sign that final > > surrender declaration and fight till we reclaim this land of ours both > > physically and metaphorically. > > > > This chained land needs its real freedom fighters now and a very real > > liberation. Let Dec 19, 2015 be the start of this liberation. >
