--- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I started reading and writing on Goanet two to
> three years ago,
> there were almost no posts that I skipped.
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Dear Roland,
I must admit I had a good laugh reading your post.
Surely, we need more humour on Goanet.
The other title for this subject line is, "how to
increase diaspora Goanetter's perspective about Goa".
The span of two to three years that we have been
posting marks a period of an accelerated downward
slide in Goa. There is this feeling of hopelessness,
being bended at the knees by builder lobbies,
over-wrought by an influx of people and a complete
breakdown in trust between people and the polity.
Perhaps it's a time of tremendous upheaval but also of
growth for Goa, one that is essential for a stronger
democracy to emerge. The fact is that Goan diaspora
have little understanding of what is going on in Goa
at the moment.
Take for instance Mario's suggestions. They are
certainly solid suggestions from a western democracy
point of view. I agree with a lot he has to say and I
myself have thought along similar lines, but to what
extent you can transfer those suggestions to the
ground realities that exist in Goa is questionable.
Of late, I have stopped having an opinion about Goa.
So removed are we from what is happening that our
opinions seem superfluous, facile, banal, irrelevant
and at times can only be construed as insolent.
So how much diaspora Goans can genuinely contribute to
this forum remains the big question.
selma
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