Baba Tony, Who do you think I meant when I wrote the piece (see infra) that you responded to?
And did you note the word 'unless' which I am now capitalising in that post - to signify an EXCEPTION in the context of what we were discussing i.e. State Government appointments in Goa! >From your vantage point: Do you believe Ribeiro (whose Divar in-law family I have known since as a child - in Poona) was picked as the first choice - over the heads of the 'sons of the soil' OR was he begged for help when ALL appeared to be near lost? I hope someone else does not do another Moira on me and write about Sunith Rodrigues and his (political) appointment as Gov of Punjab. Shutes Guys, What is it about Moira and Moidekars....during summer? jc re: 3: I cannot envisage (perhaps you can) a situation where a Goan is picked from somewhere and asked to head a (say) Police force inĀ (say) the Punjab - UNLESSĀ the local chaps have been tried, the situation is getting too hot to handle and there is a Goan elsewhere to do the job (which no local really wants to do). Tony de Sa stated the obvious: "Julio Ribeiro, who is as Goan as a Goan can be was hand picked to head the Police Force in precisely the same state, Punjab when the Akali's made it too hot for the locals to handle ;-) So now you can envisage......."