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Selma is right that language difficulties impair individual development and
advancement (my words, not hers). But Goans are not lacking in expressing
themselves, in fact quite the contrary. They talk endlessly while the state
of Goan affairs deteriorate before their eyes. A do-nothing people is a
better description.
George
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I don't know who changed the subject and, hence, I combined the two. Lack
of language skills can hamper personval development. However, those who
have great technical skills neet not depend on good language skills to
advance further in their career.
As for George's second point is out of context here. Goans, like all
Indians, are a chattering class. But Goans have woken up to realize what is
happening io the political and other fields in Goa. Elections are round the
corner and the noise level is rising up among those who are
politically-inclined. Political parties have started beating their drums
and Goans have been hearing them loud and clear.
I disagree that Goans are a do-nothing people. Various rallies, morchas and
meetings show that Goans have become politically active. However, they are
comparatively less active than people in other states. Perhaps, it is
because of the laidback nature of Goans and also because the population of
Goa is far less than other states.
It is another matter that Goans have not voted out those MLAs and ministers
who have been notoriously looting the state coffers and also indulging in
illicit activities, be in in mining or budiling.
Somehow those who are elected time and again despite their political
misdeeds shows that many voters still have faith in them. You had a
fighting Aires Rodrigues contest the Panaji Municipal elections and he
wasn't elected. I hope to see Dr. Hubert Gomes take on Churchill Alemao, a
man who still commands vast support in his constituency and how has proven
that despite his lack of education and lack of morals he can still win
elections. His supporters believe he has done good for his constituents.
His detractors may believe otherwise.
My fear is that if all the Alemaos in the political arena get elected to
the assembly there could be mayhem. It is a worst-case scenario that Goa
will be in the iron-clad grip of this family that rose from humble
beginnings to cast big influence on the political environment prevailing in
Goa today. If George has a strategy to demolish the Alemao edifice, please
let me know.
In his piece, Goa - Then and Now, Tomazinho Cardozo, himself a politician
who rose to be speaker of the assembly, says, "The political culture in Goa
has also become shady, dishonest and untrustworthy. Goan politics was
infested with defections.. Elected representatives work very hard for
self-development in the guise of progress of the constituency and of the
state of Goa. Honest, upright and sincere politicians are not found in the
present political atmosphere in Goa."
He concludes his peice with the remark that "we can have transperency in
governance only if we elect sincere and upright representatives to form the
government. And this can be done only if Goan people - the voters- are
themselves sincere, honest and upright."
I, for one, cannot expect Goans to come out in large numbers for "Occupy
Panaji", or have a "Goan Spring" on the lines of Arab Spring. The Anna
Hazare movement had a minimal effect on Goa, All the same, Goans were
attuned to what is happening during the movement. I don't think Goans are
politically naive after 50 years of Liberation. They may make wrong
choiices in voting the candidates who may seem dubious. But it is their
choice who to vote. You will find most of the MLAs run again in the
forthcoming elections. A few fresh faces could bring in the sunlight in the
cloudy and vitiated air of Goa's politics.
Eugene
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