On 16 January 2011 21:19, soter <so...@bsnl.in> wrote: I very much agree that no system is perfect because man himself is imperfect. We need to take what is positive. As regards citing the example of Cuba, it was just the point to refute the argument whether one can survive by growing potatoes and tomatoes,.....I may not agree with the political system in place. But food sufficiency is as vital to any economy as any other industry. Having to depend on others for food and water offers scope for arm twisting. That is exactly what is going to happen to Goa that heavily depends on 90% of its agriculture produce from Maharashtra and Karnataka. Recently the vegetable transporters had a strike because horticulture department of Goa was procuring vegetables and selling it at cheaper rates. Tomorrow it will be over some political issue that vegetables and milk supply gets stopped. To me, this dependency is the single greatest threat for Goa's survival.
COMMENT: You make a very valid point. If one depends to a greater than reasonable degree on another for food, electricity and other basics, one has automatically subjected oneself to the possibility of economic blackmail. The "investors" have come to Goa, swiped the best spots (along with the victors), are using the water, fish etc resources, have promised a million jobs for Goans (which, hopefully, no sensible person believed) and will leave only when the place is sucked dry....like hyenas and other predators do. What I do not see on the horizon .... is relief. Courtesy the politicians and their vote-banks, I honestly cannot imagine how the status quo can be changed except in the realm of wishful thinking. As a chap said to me during my most recent trip to Goa: "Get used to it, Goa has been liberated. Nobody can un-liberate it again". I have gotten used to it. jc