All strength and power to the voice of Goencho Avaaz. You speak for us.
Roland. Toronto. > On Dec 24, 2020, at 7:48 PM, Edwin/Diana Pinto <eddipi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the first time in the state’s history, Goa Liberation Day 2020 was > marred by the shocking and unprecedented rounding up of innocent youth and > citizens by the Goa police. By now, not only Goa, but the rest of the > nation are aware and conversant with the distasteful and highly condemnable > incidents that occurred. Citizens and youth seeking to celebrate Liberation > Day on a private property were at the receiving end of heavy handed, > tyrannical and unwarranted police repression, that included an unbelievable > hijacking of buses to multiple and undisclosed locations across Goa. > > These incidents, which succeeded in turning Goa Liberation Day 2020 into a > dark chapter of Goa’s history, also shed light upon the following > unpalatable truths : > > 1. Based on the predictable Gujarat model of governance, where a wall was > constructed to conceal the squalor of a slum on the path of a Trump-Modi > roadshow, the Goa Government sought to sanitize the capital city of all > citizens that they feared might mar the carefully crafted illusion of model > governance and contented populace. > >