--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 International Goan Convention Toronto, Canada
Early Bird Discount Registration closes March 31, 2008 http://www.2008goanconvention.com/regform_print.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dears, There is an interesting article in the GT today by Adv. Jos Peter [also author of "Scarlett, Manion and Me" in Herald and GT earlier] that compares and contrasts poor labour class non-Goan immigrants, the noveau riche Delhiite Goans and the Goa-born anti-Goans [a term coined by Oscar Rebello which has gained currency on the banks of the river Mandovi and recently at "We, the People" at Baga-Calangute] Adv. Peter seems to have taken a leaf out of Pravin Sabnis' "Monday Muse" and taken the use of the "Metaphor" [or, smilingly, the simile .... as in the Convent song that goes " When you are happy and you know and you really want to show it ...S M I L E. ;-) ] and compared Scarlett's death to that of a roadside hit-n-run accident involving a "stoned" youth in stone-washed jeans on a motorbike, possibly riding "triple seat". It is an interesting article ...even though I do not agree with his suggestion that we should focus only on the two-sides of one issue ...reponsibility of the keeper and the killer. When there is collateral damage, one has to take a multi-lateral approach. Fiona and her family can move on. The rest of Goa's populace [specially the Nth generation Goan, where N > 1] hardly has that option to protect his/her /their children from the ravages of drugs ...even if there is no mafia involved in Goa. Adv. Peter, of course, is a lawyer from one or more of the accused in the case ...and represented another who may now be a Prosecution witness, instead of being an abbettor to the crime ....specially if he had the means to call PCR on Toll Free 100 and save a life. Mog asundi Miguel -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.