The Festival of Ideas was more of a Parrikar (Manohar) attempt to buy credibility among the liberals and middle-of-the-roaders at a time when (i) his credibility was still under a cloud (ii) his government(s) needed votes from any and every possible quarter. Now that the goal has been achieved, it's hardly surprising that the government feels unable to stomach even a set of speakers such as the short-story writer/novelist Damodar Mauzo, the Shakespeare and queer-theory focussed Prof. Madhavi Menon, writer on mythology Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, caste-researcher and D.Phil. candidate Dr. Suraj Yengde, and the author of A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent Prof Pranay Lal. FN
[Goanet] Goa Diary, November 08, 2022: "Festival of Filth" not happening Rajan Parrikar I never thought there would come a day when I agreed with a decision of the Goa government but today was that day. The govt. cancelled (or postponed) the "Festival of Ideas." You have to concede points to the local Leftist anti-Hindu brigade for sheer chutzpah. They were hoping to sneak in a panel of virulently anti-Hindu pamphleteers masquerading as "scholars" to take a dump on Hindus. Someone found out and put the kibosh on the foul plan. We can now expect the usual suspects to squeal about BJP throttling freedom of speech, blah blah blah. These are the same fellas who take inspiration from American Leftists, those apostles of tolerance who routinely subject conservative speakers on US campuses to violence, intimidation, and harassment. Perhaps the 'good bamon' Mauzo will be recruited to make a long face and lament the rise of "fascism under Modi" or utter some such cartoon world inanity. The Left always has at the ready their cast of 'House Negroes'. No, dear schmucks, you do not have the right to taxpayer rupee to take a crap on Hindus. Do it on your own dime. I'll defend your right to hold your event, speak, and crap your bowels out but with your own coin. Else GTFO of town. A true Festival of Ideas would have featured genuine scholars holding opposite viewpoints and allowed them to debate their ideas. It wouldn't have gone for this low-IQ, rabid anti-Hindu garbage smacking their lips at the prospect of target practice on Hindus (bamons especially). A "Festival of Ideas" it was never going to be. It was designed to be a "Festival of Filth." And they thought Goan Hindus would as usual play possum. Unfortunately for this Leftist cabal, someone finally decided we have had enough and that we aren't going to take it anymore. One of the invited speakers was the notorious Suraj Yengde. This guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxf39NVOv6g I may have more to say on the topic later. r PS: I am disappointed this situation arose in the first place. I admire one of the culture mavens who appears to be part of this Left cabal. He writes beautifully especially on cultural matters, and I think of him as a great asset to Goa. Why he has thrown in his lot with these gutter rats beats the hell out of me. Anyway, I don't want to guess people's motives. I prefer to take them at their word and then offer my reaction. -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa ------------------- YouTube Channels ------------------- FN https://www.youtube.com/c/FrederickFNNoronha/videos or https://bit.ly/FNOnYouTube FN1 https://bit.ly/FNVideos1 FN2 https://bit.ly/FNVideos2 ------------------- ------------------- ---------------- [image: Mailtrack] <https://streaklinks.com/BRVeD9xGRlrkckIi4ATgw5Uy/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io%3Futm_source%3Dgmail%26utm_medium%3Dsignature%26utm_campaign%3Dsignaturevirality11%26> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://streaklinks.com/BRVeD91T0wqYahZDqg7zTwrL/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io%3Futm_source%3Dgmail%26utm_medium%3Dsignature%26utm_campaign%3Dsignaturevirality11%26> 09/11/22, 12:43:35 am ᐧ