Goa, Sept. 25 -- BLAISE COSTABIR

If you hear the starting gun, you know the race has begun. If you hear thunder, you expect rain. In Goa, hear a politician say 'I am not happy with my party' and the voter knows an election is around the corner. Thus political activity is gath ering pace. Aspirants are mak ing their presence felt, posters and banners are appearing and sitting MLAs who are uncertain about their re-nomination are be ginning to express their unhappi ness with their parties. A familiar question: which party next? There was a time when you belonged to a political party be cause you believed in its ideology. Today, apparently, ideology can change simply by changing the scarf around your neck. The explanations for changing parti...