WORLD CUP 2014 - PHASE - I.

The first phase of the World Cup has just been completed in one fortnight in which 16 teams have been eliminated and the remaining 16 teams will be vying for the supremacy of this mighty soccer tournament. Never in the past this tournament received such a mighty attention from all segments of the society all over the world. During the last fortnight people around were talking of and even inhaling World Cup only and because of the craze to watch the matches even the late night matches soccer crazy people kept aside their routine obligations.  This was visible in the absenteeism from work, from classes, from Churches early in the mornings and so on and on. In Mapusa  Market one could easily notice less number of shoppers and customers in the mornings following the important encounters on the previous late nights.

 

 

Though our Indian national team was not in the list of 32 and possibly it will never be till the end of this century unless there is a total change in our soccer administration from top to bottom yet Indians supported their different teams as per their likes thereby making this tourney more important than the Cricket. Among Goans Ronaldo’s Portugal receved major attention not because of any other reason than the magical display of Ronaldo of which type no other footballer displays, not even mighty Messi. One Ronaldo has attracted the goodwill and love for Portugal just as one Eusebio did earlier. One Messi attracted the love of millions towards Argentina just as Maradona did earlier. 

 

  

It s not only the elegance of the team but more than that the brilliance of the individual player of the team that gains goodwill and support not only for the national team concerned but also for the concerned nation and its national products as well.  Because of one Pele the country Brazil and its citizens gained lot of goodwill from all around the globe making Brazil as the darling of the world. Not only this, because of the attraction of Pele, following their retaining of Jules Rimet World Cup permanently in 1970, the Brazilian products started selling like hot cakes in many parts of the world.  And as a matter of interest, in the Gulf the sale of Brazilian VW Beetle Cars increased in leaps and bounds. 

 

 

Somebody recently said that we in Goa should not sing hosannas in support of Portugal. I question him why and who are you to dictate terms to us? I will shower praises even on the enemy team if it deserves praises as I did once in Kuwait by writing in the local Daily there in praise of Pakistani Cricket team, of course deservingly and to the chagrin of some of the super patriotic Bharatis who even passed nasty comments against me calling me a pro-Pakistani.

 

 

To appreciate and judge rightly one must possess right frame of mind and judicious observation. Though Portugal ruled 451 years over Goa that does not mean we should treat Portugal as our enemy. Thru their lengthy rule over us we also gained lot of good from them. That they were evicted from Goa in 1961 by force is a different matter otherwise in 1974 Portugal would automatically leave from Goa on its own free will as it did from their African colonies after the fall of Salazarist regime in Portugal headed by Marcelo Caetano. We should consider Salazar and Goan Brahmin Bhattkars as our worst enemies who kept us in Goa in subjucation.

 

Good luck to all the remaining 16 teams.

 

 

     A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim,

Goa.

 

" TE SANDDLEAT ".

 

Since I returned from Kuwait for good, it is 6 months now.  During this period with a Lantern in my hand I was moving all around Goa during day time when the Sun was directly overhead, in search of top ex Kuwait Goans who were boasting of their top money power, top job power, top business power, top social power and everything top. In reality they were top in Kuwait and because they were top they were acting like Goan Maharajas in Kuwait among the idiot Goans since they were like one eyed Goans among the blind Goans. Overwhelming majority of Goans in Kuwait is like one eyed men though they may think otherwise. Good that in Kuwait in reality the holders of Indian Passports are treated with disdain and without much respect otherwise the so called top Goans in Kuwait would even wear the robes of Sheikhs and act as feudal lords.

Where are these so called top Kuwait Goans gone now?  Are they gone underground for fear of reprisal by their opponents whom they treated badly in Kuwait?  Are they feeling shy now in Goa for being non entities and as such they are hiding from public view being unable to accept the status of non entities? Where are all those Goans who were holding executive posts in their boastful social and sporting associations gone now in Goa?  Why their show making photos are not appearing in the local dailies as they were appearing in Kuwait? Why they cannot involve in the activities in Goa as they used to do in Kuwait?

Where are those so called top Goans holding top positions in Kuwait and also boasting of same as if they reached to the Moon on top?  I don’t encounter any of them anywhere in Goa in public forums where I am involving since I returned for good.  By chance recently I met one of such cheap characters in Panjim and after exchanging some pleasantries he invited me to his place by describing his location with pompous address saying: “Next to the Church there is my big posh Bungalow of 3 Storey and on the ground floor you will see parked there my Red Mercedes Car”.  Then he went further saying: “You come on Sunday for a Lunch with your wife because we prepare Buffet on every Sunday since I have a special cook whom I pay handsomely every month”.   

This man is a son of a Pedru inheriting all the cheap qualities of his father craving for importance in life and that it is so one can know from the way he gave me his invitation. In fact it was not an invitation but the show of his wealth which he acquired from Kuwait not only thru fair means but also thru unfair means. When he was in Kuwait he was boasting of his Supervisory job which used to fetch him handsome salary though it was the job meant for an idiot in Goa.  In Kuwait to get a handsome job you need to have luck or influence or “chamchagiri” and not necessarily educational and professional background.

Because of being unwanted and unrecognized in Goa many of our ex-Kuwait Goans are undergoing mental crisis, they feel hurt to accept the fact that nobody cares them in Goa inspite of having so much of money.  But they fail to realise that the money they have is big for them only because when they went to Kuwait they were suffering from abject poverty.  During those days their poverty was such that they could not taste Chicken, Pomfrets and Lobsters which finally they tasted only in Kuwait.  Once they reached Kuwait and made some money they thought the world should come to their knees but the real reality in life they realized only when they came back to Goa for good where nobody cares for them. Some of them to get cheap prominence have joined the Church groups otherwise they are not interested in God.

For this reason, many of them are hiding from advanced society where money power is not counted but only the intellectual power. The cheap prominence our Goan stalwarts were getting in Kuwait must be treated as a dream gone forever especially for those who were boasting of their presidency of Goan associations and managerial and supervisory positions. The importance they got in life in Kuwait they will never get again in Goa and precisely because of this they are lost in Goa.  Yes, “Te Sanddleat”.

 

A.    Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.  

        

                                                                  

DESERVINGLY CONGRESS WAS DISGRACED.

This is the first time in the history of Congress Party that it received such a humiliating defeat in the last Parliamentary election forcing it to take inventory of this defeat.  In Goa first time it lost the South Goa Seat and elsewhere in the North its normal vote bank was reduced tremendously.  In my locality getting 103 votes more than that of BJP is like Peanuts and in fact in reality it is like a big defeat. Ravi Naik is accused by the party's Goa High command a few days back of clandestinely  working against his own self and if one analysis this point carefully there seems to be a truth in it because in my locality Congress has failed to distribute the voting slips to all the voters including some of the hard core Congressmen.

The inventory may or may not give the correct result but the right reason for the defeat of Congress in Goa was the Pride, Arrogance and Revengeful attitude of the elected Congressmen. What I noticed in many of them was nothing but Pride of power which had gone into their heads when they were ruling Goa. This was the main reason for Congress to lose the Goa Legislative Assembly election 2 years back. Almost every Congress MLA and Minister was acting like a feudal lord refusing to identify himself with the common man. The elected Congress representatives of Goa wore the mettle of Maharajas to such an extent that some of them even refused to walk on the same path as common men walked as if common men are untouchables. These elected Congress representatives behaved not as the worldly creatures but creatures from the outer space. Good that they were finished in the election contest otherwise they would finish all the common men from Goa.

Why they acted so proud and arrogant?  Because they suffered from ancestral inferiority complex having been born in the suppressed atmosphere and brought up under the suppression of their Landlords or elders who always treated them and their parents with disdain. When I noticed any elected representative acting proud I immediately deduce my conclusion that this person is suffering from ancestral inferiority complex where he or his parents or grandparents were treated like slaves and the anger of it he releases on to others and that too only when he gets legislative power in his hands.  Only the cowards act in this manner and the sons and daughters or grand children of Ladru - Pedru.

In fact this power is not for harassing people but to help them to solve their problems but ironically the elected Congressmen did just the opposite thereby forcing the harassed people to throw out all the proud and arrogant sitting MLA’s of Congress Party.

John Fernandes and other Congress leaders in Goa must take note of what I said. Congressmen have acquired the very bad habit of wearing the robes of monarchs inherited from the British Monarchy and also of Maharajas inherited from them when they were stripped of their privileges. I see many of such former Congress Maharajas are feeling shy now to move freely and openly since they are kicked out by the voters. They stopped now using foreign brand cars, high breed prostitutes, high class concubines and even high grade foreign liquors. Some of them are now moving without security escorts and yet nobody touches them while earlier they wanted Police escorts even to go to the Toilets. The security escort is like status symbol for the elected representatives and not to protect them. Where is this security gone now for the former Congress Maharajas?

If Congress is to revive its sagging image once again then it must retire all the vanquished MLA’s  because they with their pride, arrogance and vindictive nature created a very bad image of Congress Party in Goa.  Congress Party must hunt for the fresh blood for the next election and not rely on Aya Rams and Gaya Rams who change their parties as and when they think it is good for their personal benefit. Only the genuine Congressmen with their genuine faithfulness to Congress should be given party tickets to contest the next election. Otherwise Congress will be wiped out from our soil. John Fernandes and others who  are controlling Congress Goa Command must take note of this.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.