Frederick FN Noronha wrote in response to George Pinto: " the new-found expertise that the expat Goan seem to have in all subjects under the Goa sun frightens me sometimes"
FN, What is really frightening is when journalist in Goa only have the courage to write about 1961 and thereabouts. The bravest write about mining in the 1970's. No journalist has the courage to write about the environmental destruction of today. No journalist writes about the hundreds of million of dollars of lost revenue from mining. No one writes about the horrendously erratic supply of electricity and water. No journalist writes about corruption. Worst of all, no one writes of the lack of a plan for the future. I do not blame these journalist. The cold fact is even if they do chose to write about the present, they will not get their work published as the owners of the media are the very people debauching the society. Journalist have been put on notice that if they expose anything that the owners do not want exposed, the journalist will be be blacklisted. I find it really disgusting when someone outside Goa points out to the abnormalities in Goa and those in Goa respond with, "Ooooh! those outside Goa think they are the experts." My retort is that some journalist in Goa have decided to take the easy road and become the experts of 1961 and the past. What they specialize in, is writing about 'traditional' occupations that are unsustainable. Making salt, taping coconut trees for heavens sake, growing rice. These occupations, just like making cow patties to burn, are occupations for the illiterate. Goans are blessed with intelligence. And those that are educated realise that they have to take their education and brains outside Goa if they are to benefit from both. It is frightening, very frightening, when the journalist in Goa just cannot report things the way they are today. Mervyn
