An excerpt from my book: SIMPLY MY WAY (www.bennetpaes.com) comes to mind:
From: floriano <floriano.l...@gmail.com> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2012 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Lambert Mascarenhas: Still sorrowing for his land He, and other free-dole-farters should return all that they have received by way of PENSIONS. It was not pensions but a tape on their miserable mouths, so they could not utter a single word for GOA. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabriel de Figueiredo" <gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Lambert Mascarenhas: Still sorrowing for his land What did he expect? That Goa would be left alone, after "liberation"? That Goa would not be swamped by Indians, after having lived in Bombay/Mumbai, and seen the utter corruption and "dadagiri", the latter being the results of prohibition and sever controls on imports? > ________________________________ > From: Goanet News Service <goanet.refor...@bell.net> > To: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2012 2:04 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Lambert Mascarenhas: Still sorrowing for his land > > The journalist in him continues to search for explanations for the present > state of affairs and solutions to the problems afflicting in the state. But > Mr Mascarenhas still pines for the Goa of the past. "Goa used to be a > peaceful place where people were content. That is not the case today," he > lamented. > > Quote: Much credit goes to those Goans who put their lives on the block in their pursuit of freedom. However, what became debatable to right thinking men and women in Goa was, whether their motive was to oust one occupier and make way for another; or to take over the reins themselves and let the U.N. declare an addition to the family of nations, like it did East Timor four decades later. But soon their intentions were laid bare. Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘OperationVijay’ sealed the fate of Goans forever. Unquote. Bennet Paes
