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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: soter To: Rajan P. Parrikar Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 9:00 PM Subject: Farmers show the way For once the public meeting at Lohia Maidan, Margao had a 'Gauntti' touch to it. Going by the success of the public meeting Digu bab may well watch out for the rising anger and frustration in the Goan people. There was widespread relief that the regular star hypocrite speakers were missing from the public platform of Goenchea Xetkarancho Ekvott. The 1500 strong public, largely from the farming community, showed that there is no need for the presence of regular star speakers or dharma gurus on stage to ensure the success of the meeting. Ordinary farmers proved that they are far more capable of handling public meetings and entertaining the crowds. The activists who gave just the minimum back up to the farmers to handle this public meeting without being seen in the forefront definitely deserve our praise. This is what empowerment of the marginalised sections really means. What was spoken came from the heart and therefore touched the core of everyone's conscience. Farmer after f armer described their joys of farming and the disaster caused by the government's development programs. What the public was given to hear was not from those sympathetic voices who live in ivory towers of the towns and cities and descend on public platforms to entertain the public with mere rethoric. The stuff one got to hear was not from those elites who take a day off from wining and dining with the establishment just to sermonise on how much they love Goa. If this momentum of empowerment is maintained and the farmers manage to recognise the crooks and keep the veteran pranksters at bay, there definitely exists some promise for the future of Goa. We only hope and pray that Goenchea Xetakrancho Ekvott does not meet the same fate as the GBA. -Soter D'Souza
