Bernado Colaco wrote: Division of Goans; Corruption; Neo colonial rule; Plunder of Goan resources; Cultural genocide; Goans lost jobs; Unprecedented arrival of ghantis; Health only for wealth; 50 years still using Portuguese ferry boats; Traitorship by Mario Soares; Crime never seen before; Introduction of drugs for foreign exchange; Brainwashing of young Goans with bolliwood crap; Attempt to dissect Concani ; Poor quality of education.Priests becoming capitalist ninjas; Our cities going to dogs (Mapusa maket an example).
Dear Bernado Colaco, Greetings also from o senhor Dalai who is (I believe) wondering when his 'Goem' will get liberation from your bhatcars. While I will agree with you that the following have increased post1961: divisions among Goans, corruption, the depletion of Goa's resources, crime, brainwashing by bollywood and the ninjaism among all folks including priests; I will also agree with you that a concerted effort (started by the MGP and continued by those who continue to flock with the MGP in drag) to destroy the Konkani spoken by Goans (on the lines that Hindi and Urdu were systematically destroyed by the communal elements and replaced by the 'Hindi' and 'Urdu' being used officially in India and Pakistan resp. I must disagree with you about the quality of education in post-1961 Goa. Were you not educated in post-1961 Goa? Was your education of a poor quality? Would you also say that pre-1961 Goa had a better level, standard and range of educational opportunities than what was available to you (and could have been available to you, let's say, if you had studied harder and achieved even better grades than you did)? Would you say that nothing positive has happened to Goa post 1961? How would you compare it to our Dalai's "Goem" and your bhatcars treatment of those 'Goemcars'? I assume that Bernado Colaco must believe that his present bhatcars are treating Dalai's Goemcars quite well. I do not see him complaining about anything they are doing. Unless, of course, he believes that he is not in a position to comment about that situacao because he is a ghanti there - which makes his "Unprecedented arrival of ghantis" comment - quite interesting. BTW: I am not sure that Mapuca was ever a city or that Mario Soares' action an act of 'traitorship'. Sometimes, one has to accept the facts of life and move ahead. That, I believe, is what Mario Soares did. My question to you is: When are you likely to accept the fact of life that Goa is no longer a province of Portugal and that it will never be one again. It is quite OK to criticise the wrongs.....and I accept that a lot of wrongs are being perpetrated. However, one could choose to be reasonable in one's criticism, UNLESS one has made a determined choice to just be miserable. BTW2 that dream of Independence - will remain a dream - primarily because Salazar (your buddy) did not have the sense to give independence to Goa. jc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------