We all know the fate of this current controversory over the medium of instruction. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will do what he does best- shelve the issue by appointing a committee of so called 'experts' to study the issue.
The ground reality is that Goans are already a minority in their own state. Walking through the streets, shopping at the markets or riding on the buses, we hear more of Kannada, Telugu, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, etc than Konkani or Marathi. The empty talk of Special Status for Goa is for public consumption. There remains nothing to be saved. The destruction of once known Goa is almost complete. Uncontrolled migration spurred by vote bank politics has caused the influx of people from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and beyond. Goa is on the brink of a disaster of our own making. We are today faced with a dilemma of having a galaxy of mother tongues. And that’s the hard truth while we watch the sorrowing condition of our State. All said and done the biggest irony is that the fate of the medium of instruction and Goa’s Education policy is in the hands of a 8th Std dropout. That’s the hard reality, even at the risk of having to lay the other eight fingers on the chopping board. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372