Roland,
I sometimes ask myself, not having been born in the time period
prior to 1947 when the British Raj ruled India, if such corruption
existed under their patronage...... and here expressing my a personal
opinion.......* i doubt it existed * !
However i believe that corruption exists in the Indian psyche ( of
course you and i are of indian origin ) and have encountered it at
some time. When one asks one self if such petty corruption existed
in Goa under Portuguese rule i dont have an
answer.....................you probably in your youth on May holidays
from Bombay to Goa may have some idea.
However i feel that our goan bureacracy learnt well from our new
Indian masters after Dec 1961........so that our municipal offices
sank to the same level as the average Indian ones where one had to
provide * tea money* to the lowest level if only to obtain the ear
of the clerks at the counter before any legitimate service by them
could be considered .
Have you ever paused to think why the previous govt. in Goa
under Digamber Kamat was called * the CM and his forty chors * by
the common folk. Q
I/m sure Fred Noronha will protest the innocence of the above
mentioned govt.........but witness the the deliberate bungling by the
Goa Police of the Scarlett Keeling murder on the Anjuna
beach..........and give me your
response
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On Fri, 3/17/17, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: [Goanet] Corruption Kills
To: goa...@goanet.org
Date: Friday, March 17, 2017, 2:17 PM
Except for a few principled citizens,
most people in India are under the general impression that
corruption is a necessary way of life and if one has to
exist comfortably, then one must be a part of the system
that requires bribes at every turn.
Some of the latter will even wear on their shoulder the
badge of support for corruption, seeing it as a means to
acquire things they are not entitled to.
Hope they read yesterday's TOI report of 3152 farmers in
Maharashtra forced to commit suicide just last year because
to get drought subsidies, loan waivers and grants, they had
to pay bribes from clerks to mamlatdars and tehsildars
further agonizing their already frail mental condition.
Roland Francis
416-453-3371
