Vinay,
Thank you for drawing attention to the Organizer article. My comments
interspersed below - cynical comments, that are usually directed at
politicians / political parties.
One should not be surprised at the son for inheriting his father's
fraudulent nature and raping a 14 year-old German minor and then
denying the crime.
RESPONSE: ALLEGED rape.
The mother of the German rape victim was threatened and pushed so
violently that she was forced to withdraw her charges out of fear
when she realised that she would never get justice from the Congress
Government in Goa.
RESPONSE: Is justice meted out by governments in India?? Laws are passed by
assemblies, parliament (in this case), enforced by Police and upheld by
courts, no?? Thank you Mr Kureekat (RIP).
If the rape of the German minor girl has understandably angered
activists and NGO's working for Women, the severing of a finger
with a chopper of a lawyer who wanted to take up the rape victim's
case against Rohit Monserrate is proof of the complete breakdown
of the law and order situation in Goa- courtsey the Congress Government.
RESPONSE: ALLEGED rape. Severed finger?? Really?? Severed??
According to studies by Transparency International, Goa is among
the most corrupt states in India.
RESPONSE: Are we not always told Goa is Number 1??? Dont we tell ourselves
and pat each other saying we are the besht!! Here is our vindication.
The recent two brutal incidents-death of Scarlett Keeling and
the rape of the German minor will definitely have a negative
impact on the tourism in Goa.
RESPONSE: What about the Global economic crisis?? Will that be a factor??
It is said that the Goa police are deliberately covering up the
Scarlett Keeling murder and the rape incident to protect tourism
in Goa. But the bizarre happenings in Goa have been exposed by an
incisive media.
RESPONSE: How cute!!! This article had humor to accompany the hyperbole,
eh??? Incisive media?? There was a cute news story posted by Frederick
Noronha post-Pale elections - a post-mortem on why the self-destructive BJP
lost and why the moribund Congress won. Waz very cute, yaar!! The
storyline!!! Ofcourse our resident pundits had predicted a different outcome
for Pale. Does it really matter if the Congress or BJP won?? Either way the
constituents lose, right??
Often the victim's family is threatened if the alleged rapist
is someone in a powerful position as it is with Rohit Monserrate.
RESPONSE: Finally the author got it right - ALLEGED.
What is shameful and difficult to digest is that all these crimes
against women are happening when two Congress women politicians
are holding the reins of the ruling Congress Government.
RESPONSE: What about the Miramar prostitution 'story'?? Was that fact or
fiction?? Just like many news stories from the "incisive media" that story
disappeared too?? What happened to the alleged perpetrators when the BJP
was in power in Goa??
Sonia Gandhi is fully absorbed in vote grabbing political manoeuvre
which leaves her with little time for taking up genuine, pressing
issues of women's welfare.
RESPONSE: Ofcourse, she is a politician first. Which other politician is not
doing what is alleged of Sonia above. It is interesting how and why Indian
politicians within and outside the Congress Party are over-awed with Sonia
G. Perhaps India's octogenarian / nonagenarian politicians are yet to purge
the vestiges of colonial mindsets
What is difficult for an academician like me to digest........
RESPONSE: Waaaat??? All these inconsistencies from an academic??
Nevertheless I agree with the title of the article - "Goa: A haven for
anti-social activities". Perhaps an academic paper was in order. But for
both incidents addressed we only had/have alleged murderer(s) and alleged
rapist. What about all the other anti-social activities - mainly breaking of
the law - besides traffic laws, environmental laws, bribery, sound pollution
after 10pm, drugs, prostitution....................
Perhaps a genuine Congress or BJP supporter in our midst would care to blunt
my expressed cynicism.
Happy Wednesday!!
- b
