NEW ARTICLES POSTED TODAY www.goanspirit.com End of the Ethnic Goan - 4 Goa feels the heat of migrant crime, perfidy-4
....As seen from this series migrants of a particular community dominate organized gang crime and criminal intimidation. While, other migrant communities, on the whole, appear to have reached new heights in their perfidious activities. It’s almost as if they have a certain quality to do so. As this was being written, the Old Goa police arrested four persons including Arshad Khan (March 24, 2019), a police constable attached to the Panjim police. The others arrested were Mustafa, Afzal and Karpuswamy, who police said, assaulted Mohammad Haldwale at Indiranagar, Chimbel, a notorious migrant slum colony also referred to in this series...... A Kabrastan next! If migrant colonies proliferate, as is the case currently, it could only mean one thing; that they have a powerful facilitator in the government, waist deep in dirty vote bank politics and with a political skin as thick as the toughest hide. Thus, Vijai Sardesai assumed Digambar Kamat’s mantle some time ago (remember, Digambar Kamat created Moti Dongor) and could even be said to be a torchbearer of sorts. Early in March, 2019 he assured the Muslim community in Margao that his government had sanctioned Rs. 15,16,58,00 to acquire 20,000 sq mt of land for a kabrastan or burial ground.......... Also read: LIONROARS/Bridge to nowhere To my mind there are only two ways to build bridges and elevated highways. The first way is the Chinese way....The second way is the western way, which is, build bridges certainly, but build them within environmental concerns and constrains.....Then, there’s the Goan way. Build as big as you can. Acquire farmland and screw the local cultivators. Roughhouse them if necessary. And yes, definitely screw the environment....... -- *When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.* * - Dalai Lama * Lionel Messias Editor, *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Mob:9822152164