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Dear Rajan,
Roses are RED and violets are blue.
Frederick is Red ...and saffron just won't do!
Can you use some other colourant for the Sucker-Bath you want to give
Frederick at Miramar?
Shall we dispense with the Neo-Historians fascination for Pre-Portuguese
history when what we now call GOA was always a part of some other Kingdom of
the ghatis??
Surely we cannot hunt with the hounds if we are running with the hares!
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:54:15 -0400
From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Calling All Goan Chauvinists
To Goanet -
Dear Goan chauvinists,
UNITE ! You could be a Hindu or a Ciristo, a BJP or a Kangress
voter, communal or secular, pro-Romi-lipi or pro-Devnagari. If
you are a Goan zealot, committed to preserving our little corner
of paradise, you're in. We know of the scourge that are the rich,
avaricious Dilliwallahs and other uncultured Indian fatcats
gobbling up our real estate, and we know of the Russian mafia
and other assorted white trash stalking our land. Here I shall
address an equally invasive cancer on the Goanscape - the
blight wrought by the ghati deluge, something that threatens
to clone Goa into another squalid district of Karnataka or Bihar.
They come in droves from Karnataka, AP, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and
Orissa for Goa has for them the appeal of a Dubai. Given
the fabled laissez faireism of the Goan, we will soon
have on our land not only the 6 damning SEZs but another
100 SGZs (Special Ghati Zones). The ghatis are now
EVERYWHERE, on the prowl not just in our cities but in our
remotest villages. We must prepare for Goa's second
Liberation or risk obliteration. To achieve that the Goan
has to put on his or her chauvinistic hat, for nice people
can accomplish nothing in India.
Most Goans don't stir out of bed before 9 am, a fact
noted in Encyclopaedia Brittanica. But if a Goan should
saunter around the waterline - say, from Dona Paula and
Panjim, or from Malim jetty to Reis Magos - between 6 and 7
in the morning, you would be witness to the sight of an array
of ghatis evacuating virtually everywhere in the open. It is
a public disgrace.
A jaunt through Karnataka is revealing. All the hoo-ha
about Bangalore and IT is a mirage. Poverty levels in rural
Karnataka remain unmitigated.
The ghati menace cannot be tackled at the source, since the
supply side has no intention whatsoever of turning off the tap.
It is the demand side - that is, us Goans - that has to swing
into action. The ghati has to feel the force of an unwelcoming
environment, and it has to happen on two levels, viz., the Goa
government and the Goan citizen.
Possible proposals for the citizen include -
- 'Adopt' 10 ghatis, and encourage them to leave Goa. Buy
their return ticket if possible. Persuade your friends and
family to do likewise.
- Don't hire ghatis. Once the jobs dry up they will be
forced to move elsewhere. Don't patronize businesses that
hire ghatis. There are now ghatis not just in construction.
- Report violations by ghati hawkers, vendors, squatters,
encroachers, loiterers etc to the local authorities. Impel your
municipality/police to take action. Any fouling of public spaces
must have consequences.
It is obvious that the government part of the deal will certainly
not come to pass under either the BJP or the Kangress. Both are
beholden to their respective builder buddies and other vested
interests. The time for a regional party of Goan chauvinists is
overdue. Will Goans stand up and be counted? Or will be have
Chief Minister Yellappa of Goa voted in in 10 years time?
Warm regards,
r
ps: If - a big if - Goans get their act together there will surely
be some backlash from people and politicos from the El Paradisos
exporting ghatis to Goa. Not to worry. We will dispatch
Frederick N, our ambassador of love and compassion, on a
peace mission. He is uniquely qualified for this task, he being
the only Goan to have correctly understood what "Goan Identity"
is all about.
As we all know, his Goan Identity Theorem states
that there is really no such thing as a Goan Identity and even if
there is one, it is to be found only in non-Goans. In fact, further
research on the Identity Theorem has disclosed that there is
really no such thing as Goa to begin with!
pps: Ganesh Chathurthi greetings to everyone. All are invited
to partake in nevryo at my place in Miramar. For FN we have
a carved out a special treat of sakharbhaat made with pure
ghee and a generous helping of saffron (something very dear
to him).
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Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts,
Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa
Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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