Dear Dr Santosh Helekar,
I used to worry too about such things. I used to fret and fume all day long.
But a curious thing has happened to me over the past two months. I've been
hanging out at Goa speaks, and the young voices there are incredible. There are
some superb young, Hindu liberals batting these curve balls right out of the
pitch, taking them head on. This Ram Sene has no support in Goa, he is
uniformly despised by all.
While we were all growing old on Goanet, a new Goa was emerging. Great Hindu
commentators and equally great Catholic commentators amongst our men and women
who are barely out of their twenties or thirties. I feel completely revitalised
in my hope for Goa. But as one commentator on that forum said, we owe it to the
older generation who instilled these values in us. So well done all way round.
This is not to say there are not deep divisions in our society but we are
willing to pay the price of eternal vigilance. What's important for now is this
great vibrant dialogue that is taking place between Hindus and Catholics. Goa
is not RIP, it is infact ressurected through our young.
Take care,
selma
