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----------------------------------------------------------------- Tony, your episodic examples apart, you've not explained the link between food poisoning and that vague concept called "NGOs". The food poisoning case(s) appears to involve some government-funded (and possibly politically well-connected) local organisations. The NT edit appears to target activist-oriented NGOs. Below, you are lashing out against women's groups, social clubs (agreed, also "NGOs"), and this only confounds the confusion. Please could we get some clarity on the point sought to be made? Uptil now, the only thing I understood was that the NT editorial writer doesn't like NGOs, and that you probably feel unfairly treated by Margaret Mascarenhas in the past :-) FN PS: If we meet up at Anjanta, we could probably sort out this confusion :-) 2009/8/16 Anthony M Barreto <tonymarti...@yahoo.com>: > But some women's collectives and some > 'foreign' NGOs and some great NGOs at > home all of who pretend that their heart > and everything else beats only for Goa are > only servicing themselves in the name > of their avowed commitment to Goa and > Goodness for eternity. > But what can you say about a women's > collective that distributes chocolates to > the children of Bal Bhavan on Children's > Day and wants publicity for the same. > That that photo found its way in the > waste can even before the ladies got > out of the NT door is a different matter. > Then again, a passenger shed near > Club Nacional was constructed by the > Rotary Club. At the GRAND opening ... -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/