Dr Anand Virgincar wrote on Goanet >>My comment : There has not been a single intelligent response to date since we posted the MP interview. >>The hollowness of MP's detractors has been thoroughly exposed. >>They do not even have the intellecual courage to admit that they were wrong about a lot of things they have been propagating over the years.
My Rejoinder to this: Dr Anand gets the plot horribly wrong for a variety of reasons, which I shall try to enumerate: 1. Manohar Parrikar is neither a God nor a Shahrukh or Akshay. Dr Anand is wrong to presume that most of the Goanetters have rushed, heard Parrikar speak and have been silenced by his rhetorics. It's been 8 days since I hired a CD of a particular Hindi movie and I haven't found the time to watch it as yet. There's a long way to go before I even consider spending two hour plus of my time to hear Manohar Parrikar or any Politician speak for that matter. The same would hold true for a majority of Goanetters as well. Surely, there's life beyond interviews. 2. Dr Anand acts unreasonable when he expects Goanet to be some kind of an examination hall where one has to write within a particular time frame or slot. I am sure that, in the days to follow, Goanetters would discuss a lot of issues and Manohar Parrikar's postures on them as and when it suits their own convenience, not as and when Dr Anand wants and expects them to. Surely, there's life beyond Goanet. 3. Dr Anand's contention about Goanetters being silenced does not seem to hold much water. If there are hardly any Goanetters critical of Manohar Parrikar's views, there are likewise hardly any Goanetters endorsing Parrikar's views. If Goanetters are not reacting, it's simply because a majority haven't heard him yet. In this regard, Samir Kelekar and Vidhyadhar Gadgil have hit the nail rightly on its head. Yes, a transcript of the interview will certainly have more takers. 4. Contrary to what Dr Anand has been claiming so far, the silence of Goanetters would also conclusively prove only one thing. That there is absolutely no kind of a visceral hatred for Manohar Parrikar or his thoughts. If Goanetters were holding some kind of a personal grudge against the Ex CM, they would have rushed, dissected and broken apart the interview immediately and instantaneously as soon as the link was placed here on this forum. As nothing of that sort has happened, it is quite clear that the opposition to Parrikar is ideological and not personal. 5. I will safely assume that a figure not greater than 200 would have heard Parrikar speak so far which is around 1 percent of the Goanetters, assuming that Goanet has 20000 members. I may be wrong on that count but the percentage in any case will not go beyond 5 percent. Dr Anand should be a little more patient. We will see a lot of posts when the percentage count goes up gradually. 6. If this whole interview is dragging into the slow motion mode, Dr. Anand and Rajanbab have no one except themselves to blame. I would once again propose to Dr Anand and Rajanbab to accept the terms stipulated by the Goanet admin team and turn this whole interview venture into an official Goanet endeavor. Digamber Kamat's interview can be worked out on these lines. There is an old adage that many hands make work light. Had the Goanet team been involved into this, we would have seen the transcript up by now. Having said this, I am also disappointed with the Goanet Team for not getting back to me as promised on a particular proposal I gave them offline. 7. In conclusion, I would urge our stubborn and uncompromising Rajanbab to learn a thing or two about *Teamwork* and try to adopt a more flexible and all-embracing approach. Given his passion, Zeal and dedication to a lot of Goan Causes, there is a lot more that he can do if he starts working alongside a Team instead of trying to act like a One-Man Army. Cheers and good wishes Sandeep Heble Panjim-goa