Those ugly casinos with horrendous names have, for sure, changed the beautiful landscape of our gentle Mandovi to a bizarre satanic
Sent from my iPhone > On 23-Feb-2021, at 10:53 AM, Rajan Parrikar <parri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To Goanet - > > Goa just can’t seem to catch a break. Construction activity is in > overdrive, all of it for the benefit of outsiders. If that isn’t bad enough > you have an even greater evil in our midst - the casinos. > > Some weeks ago, my wife and I, jet lagged, decided to take a walk along the > Campal promenade at 2 am. It was a week day, and we were expecting a quiet, > peaceful morning. We were shocked to find a constant, unending stream of > motor traffic at that unearthly hour. We quickly realized it was all from > the casinos, transporting their guests to and fro. (If this is the state > during an ongoing pandemic, imagine what it would be in normal times.) What > is going on right now in Goa is society-altering. Is this how Goans want to > live? > > The justification to keep the casinos going is by now familiar. After > injecting this poison into our bloodstream, they now claim that thousands > of jobs are at stake (for non-Goans), that it is good business for the > local hotels, and so on. But at what cost? > > Manohar Parrikar did not bring the casino poison into Goa but he could most > certainly have cleansed Goa of it. Instead he decided to play the pimp to > the casino don and give the farm away. A lying, corrupt, and shallow man. > An “extraordinary life,” indeed. > > > r