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----- Original Message -----
From: "floriano"
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Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Bleddy Goans ... and all that (FN,Herald)
> Dear Caroline,
>
> You are, perhaps, one of the most rare two-legged creatures around who want
> to call a spade a spade.
> Yes, modernity has taken away our sense of balance and for which our
> posterity will be the sufferer.
>
> Thank you for coming on record to say that the the letter to Bleddy Goans
> by Godfrey Pereira, the supposedly East Indian Bugger has made an
> irreversible impact on Goa and Goans. What happened yesterday at the
> Secretariat with people protesting at the doors of Powers that be could be
> attributed partly to this sane sounding the Goans got from an East Indian
> bugger.
>
> Well appreciated, your concerns for Goa's lopsided development.
>
> Cheers
> floriano
> from PPS to PPS
> 9890470896
> floriano.lobo@gmail.com
> www.goasu-raj.org
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sydromeo"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:12 AM
> Subject: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Bleddy Goans ... and all that (FN,Herald)
>
>
>> This is one of the few articles that has really captured my interest. I'm
>> not going to pretend I live in Goa or can even understand the totality of
>> the issues. However I certainly understand the message being conveyed
>> through the article ... reclamation of the environment, looking beyond
>> differences (religious and class), need for a unified commitment at all
>> levels to our land and its people; and the creation of sustainable social,
>> political and environmental practices that will benefit Goa today and
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Whenever non-Goans gush about Goa, usually about its 'otherness' in
>> relation to other Indian states, I'm quick to retort that the land is
>> being desecrated for short term gain. In villages across Tivim, family
>> homes and land are giving way to developments that are incongruous with
>> the natural environment; no 'environmental impact statements' are
>> considered prior to any such developments [even at its most basic level];
>> increasing reliance on cars has given way to a looming health crisis in
>> our village where women [at least ones I know] are moving towards obesity
>> with little understanding of its health impacts; no preservation of
>> historic sites in villages.
>>
>> Modernisation is good but we don't have to lose our sense of self.
>>
>> Regards
>> Caroline
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