Dear Samir, You have made excellent points. I agree entirely with you. There is no contention there
The point of contention will come IF a: In Goa Govt posts, qualified Goans are sidelined - unfairly b: In Goa Govt awarded contracts, qualified Goans are sidelined - unfairly c: In the Goa Tourism and other sectors, natural resources (minerals, water, seafood, cashew etc) are consumed, and qualified Goans do not see the benefits either of employment or infrastructure. In fact, I submit that IF the Goa tourism sector fails - Goans will actually benefit from the consequential drop in the prices of staples like fish. All this and NOT to mention, pollution. As far as News Media is concerned, I am fully convinced that 'lackeys' of special interests seeking to brain wash Goans by white washing the environmental et al degradation .....must be opposed. It matters little whether they are home-grown lackeys or 'bhaille'. On a related matter ....I also agree with the sentiment wrt Wendall Rodricks. The best way for Wendall was to have boycotted the TOI function. One cannot have it both ways. jc == Samir Kelekar wrote: (bullet points, mine) [1] Private industry in Karnataka is quiet cosmopolitan where more or less merit rules. [2] The problem with Goa is that there isn't much of private industry in the first place. [3] Of course, things in the govt. are probably different. [4] in Karnataka....Private industry is not given undue concessions by the govt. [5] Goans have to realize the above first, secondly fight in the market, rather than complain. [6] Of course, I am fully with Goans when they say that land etc should not be doled out to private industry unnecessarily. [7] But I dont agree with the Goans when they say that there are more outside vendors in the market. Outside vendors survive because Goans are not willing to fight in the market. Outside vendors survive because they give the best bang for the buck.