Perhaps Parrikar's name is real. In fact, one wonders if Parrikar is related to his big daddy namesake in the opposition and is ranting against current government officials to foster his master's agenda?
As far as cheap labor is concerned, I guess, he shares Soter's leftist views in restricting the free mobility of labor. At least Soter lives in Goa. Perhaps non-immigrants, like him and Arwin should move back to Goa and replace the manual "ghanti" labor they so despise. They would both be well qualified for this work. Marlon ________________________________ From: Rajan P. Parrikar <parri...@yahoo.com> But on the topic of fields being destroyed, Marlon Menezes is talking out of his behind. I had given the specific example of Taleigao, where communidade land has been commandeered by Monserrate and his band of thugs for construction. The space for cultivation for the local gaude has shrunk to a patch here and a patch there. Exactly the same thing has happened everywhere else in Goa. Fields - often communidade fields - have been converted from agricultural to commercial purposes for the express purpose of erecting concrete structures and filling the pockets of politicos, sarpanchas, panchas, and of course the builders. All this is so well known that it is surprising that Marlon Menezes is so out of touch with Goa. Perhaps he is a non-Goan masquerading as a Goan. Many ghatis in Goa these days change their names from, say, Rudrappa, to Ronald D'Souza. Who knows, Marlon "I-know-how-to-spell" Menezes may well be one of those. Regards, r