To Goanet - 1) It is hard for me to feel enthusiastic about the upcoming election. In my emphatic view, Goa is gone. It is unrecoverable. I see some friends still nursing hope that things can be reversed, and sometimes my heart goes soft too, for optimism is what drives us onward. However, I try not to let the softness of heart extend to the mind (to borrow a line from Milton Friedman).
JC has recently furnished a link to what he wrote in 2002. The Goa he describes therein had already begun its downward spiral. But if I could turn back the clock, I would embrace the Goa of 2002 in a heartbeat. The ghati deluge, the mega projects, the rich outsiders, the Delhi pigs parking themselves here for the 'lifestyle' - all of that happened in a big way in the decade following. The Goa of 2002 by comparison looks positively refreshing. 2) If there is one constituency I have a particular interest in, it is Margao. I pray to God that Digu is dealt a kick in his nuts and rubbished out of town on election day. It is a fantasy, of course, but a man is allowed that pleasure occasionally. Remember that Digu told Goans - and the reaction of those ladies to whom he dealt it is recorded on video - that he no longer needed votes of Goans, that his migrant vote bank is sufficient for him. So is any Goan other than Digu's immediate family going to vote for him? If yes, why? 3) The funny of the day - http://in.news.yahoo.com/mamata-wants-hong-kong-style-financial-district-goa-053352084.html Mamta wants to turn Goa into Hong Kong! Didn't you know, every effing Indian has the first dibs on Goa and its land. Didn't you know, it's in the effing Indian 'constitution' and Indians have 'rights.' You Goan, go stand in the back of the class. Seriously, this kind of crapshoot is made possible because there are Goan toadies today who run after every little bhailo pr*ck, the licks intensifying if the said bhailo is of the right skin tone. But brown trash will do, if fair & lovely is unavailable. Regards, r --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------