Very shortly Goa will elect two MP’s to represent Goa in the Lokh Saba, Delhi. During the last so many years since Goa was annexed by Bharat we sent number of MP’s to Parliament but Goans in general were not satisfied with their performances. All eyes now are focussed on South Goa candidates because the prominent South Goa candidates in the past have shown their greed for their personal benefits and not for what they promised. THOUGH South Goa in the past have done great service for the cause of Goa. It saved Goa from the claws of merger of Goa with Maharastra by giving a resounding victory for Two Leaves in the Opinion Poll. If it was not for the voters of South Goa, we today would be under the umbrella of Maharastra with Marathi as our official language and eating and spitting red Panpotti as our new culture.
During the language agitation South Goans have done great justice for Konkani cause by fully supporting Konkani language agitation openly and directly. For any good cause of Goa and Goans, South Goans immediately take a stand in support of Goa but in the recent past South Goan voters elected candidates who did disservice for Goa and Goan causes. The noted Goan Aya Ram and Gaya Ram is from South Goa only. In the forthcoming election, Mathanay Saldanah will be contesting on behalf of UGDP. Can South Goan voters trust Mathanay any more when in the past as a MLA in Goa Legislative Assembly he betrayed the trust of Cortalim constituency by rejecting his own party and joining communal BJP? Can any sensible voter elect him now knowing his selfish background? Can Goa lover South Goans cast their votes in favour of Mathanay in the coming election when he disgracefully embraced a communal party BJP that sucked Christians by cutting the Good Friday Holiday of Christians? When BJP under the leadership of Parrikar was harassing Christians in Goa, Mathanary Saldanha as a member of Parrikar clan was watching Christian harassment silently. He then had no guts to question Parrikar and stop Parrikar from harassing Christians.
In view of this, all the Christian voters of Salcette if they are real Christians and also if they are real sons and daughters of Christian fathers, they will boycott Mathanay Saldanha. Mathanay Saldanha thinks as a “Bhattkar” of Cansaulim he can treat his voters as his “Mundkars”. South Goa Christian voters must teach this BJP “Lembddo” a very good lesson in the coming election by not voting him. He is no more a humble and upright man he once was. He is a corrupt man now for this reason he robbed the trust of his voters and joined anti-Christian communal BJP party earlier and this robbery proved to be his Waterloo in the last Assembly election against Mawvin Godinho.
It is a turn now for South Goan Christian voters to help Goa and Goans by defeating anti- Christian candidates like Mathanay Saldanha. This is the time for South Goan voters especially the Christians to save Goa from communal forces like Mathanay Saldanha. In this connection Gulf Goans in general and Kuwait Goans in particular will have to advise their relatives in Goa to boycott communal candidates and those candidates like Mathanay Saldanha who helps communal forces. Minorities in India and Christians in Goa will never enjoy peace unless BJP and BJP supporters like Mathanay Saldanha are defeated in the coming election. By not voting BJP candidates and candidates who support BJP, Christian voters will do service for Christianity.
Christianity in Goa will lose its strenght if Mathanay Saldanha is elected. Hence, Christian voters from Salcette beware of Mathanay Saldanha. THROW HIM OUT FROM THE COMING ELECTION by voting him out.
A. Veronica Fernandes.
April 14, 2009
April 13, 2009
ROBBY'S NIGHT By Valmiki Faleiro
ROBBY'S NIGHT
By Valmiki Faleiro
This Easter day, may I share with you an old internet story. I have abridged the original, to size it to this column’s space… My name’s Mildred Hondorf. I’m a music teacher from Des Moines, Iowa-USA. I've been teaching piano for over 30 years. Over time, I’ve found that children have many levels of musical ability. I've never had the pleasure of a child prodigy, though I have taught some talented students. I've also had my share of "musically challenged" pupils.
One such student was Robby. He was 11, when his mother, a single mom, dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age (especially boys!), which I explained to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano. That made me take him as a student. I later realised it was a hopeless endeavor. Much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm. But, he dutifully reviewed his scales and some elementary pieces that I require all my students to learn. He struggled over the months. I cringed. At the end of each lesson he'd say, "My mom's going to hear me play someday." It seemed hopeless. He just didn’t have any inborn ability.
I knew his mother from a distance. She dropped Robby and picked him up in heraged car. She smiled and waved, but never stepped in. Then one day Robby stopped coming. I thought it was because of his lack of ability. Was I glad he stopped – he was a bad advertisement for my teaching! Some time later, I mailed all students a flyer on an upcoming recital. To my surprise, Robby asked if he could be in the recital. I told him the recital was for current pupils and he didn’t qualify. He said his mother had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still practicing. "Miss Hondorf, please, I must play!" I don't know what led me to allow him to play in the recital. But I put Robby last in the program, before I went on stage to thank everybody and play a finishing piece. I thought any damage Robby would do could be salvaged through my ’curtain closer.’
The night for the recital came. The school gym was packed with parents and relatives.The recital went off without a hitch. The students had been practicing and it showed. Then came Robby’s turn. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair looked like he'd run an eggbeater through it. "Why didn't his mother groom him for this special night," I thought. Robby pulled out the piano bench and he began.
I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen Mozart's Concerto #21 in C Major. I wasn’t prepared for what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys, they even danced nimbly on the ivories. He went from pianissimo to fortissimo. From allegro to virtuoso. His suspended chords that Mozart demands were magnificent! Never had I heard Mozart played so well by people his age.
After six and a half minutes, he ended in a grand crescendo and everyone was on their feet in wild applause. Overcome and in tears, I ran up on stage and put my arms around Robby in joy. "I've never heard you play like that Robby ! How'd you do it?" Unaware the microphone was on, Robby explained: "Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? She actually had cancer and passed away this morning. And, well … she was born deaf so tonight was the first time she’d ever hear me play. I wanted to make it special. " There wasn't a dry eye that evening, as the Social Services people led Robby to fo ster care. Robby was killed in the senseless bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April-1995. (ENDS.)
The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column.
By Valmiki Faleiro
This Easter day, may I share with you an old internet story. I have abridged the original, to size it to this column’s space… My name’s Mildred Hondorf. I’m a music teacher from Des Moines, Iowa-USA. I've been teaching piano for over 30 years. Over time, I’ve found that children have many levels of musical ability. I've never had the pleasure of a child prodigy, though I have taught some talented students. I've also had my share of "musically challenged" pupils.
One such student was Robby. He was 11, when his mother, a single mom, dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age (especially boys!), which I explained to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano. That made me take him as a student. I later realised it was a hopeless endeavor. Much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm. But, he dutifully reviewed his scales and some elementary pieces that I require all my students to learn. He struggled over the months. I cringed. At the end of each lesson he'd say, "My mom's going to hear me play someday." It seemed hopeless. He just didn’t have any inborn ability.
I knew his mother from a distance. She dropped Robby and picked him up in heraged car. She smiled and waved, but never stepped in. Then one day Robby stopped coming. I thought it was because of his lack of ability. Was I glad he stopped – he was a bad advertisement for my teaching! Some time later, I mailed all students a flyer on an upcoming recital. To my surprise, Robby asked if he could be in the recital. I told him the recital was for current pupils and he didn’t qualify. He said his mother had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still practicing. "Miss Hondorf, please, I must play!" I don't know what led me to allow him to play in the recital. But I put Robby last in the program, before I went on stage to thank everybody and play a finishing piece. I thought any damage Robby would do could be salvaged through my ’curtain closer.’
The night for the recital came. The school gym was packed with parents and relatives.The recital went off without a hitch. The students had been practicing and it showed. Then came Robby’s turn. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair looked like he'd run an eggbeater through it. "Why didn't his mother groom him for this special night," I thought. Robby pulled out the piano bench and he began.
I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen Mozart's Concerto #21 in C Major. I wasn’t prepared for what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys, they even danced nimbly on the ivories. He went from pianissimo to fortissimo. From allegro to virtuoso. His suspended chords that Mozart demands were magnificent! Never had I heard Mozart played so well by people his age.
After six and a half minutes, he ended in a grand crescendo and everyone was on their feet in wild applause. Overcome and in tears, I ran up on stage and put my arms around Robby in joy. "I've never heard you play like that Robby ! How'd you do it?" Unaware the microphone was on, Robby explained: "Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? She actually had cancer and passed away this morning. And, well … she was born deaf so tonight was the first time she’d ever hear me play. I wanted to make it special. " There wasn't a dry eye that evening, as the Social Services people led Robby to fo ster care. Robby was killed in the senseless bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April-1995. (ENDS.)
The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column.
Free Health Seminar in Kuwait
The Indian Women’s Association (IWA) is a team of dedicated ladies with a mission to “Lend a Helping Hand”. As a part of our humanitarian and community service we have crossed several goals and pledge to carry on our obligation to society in Kuwait. We have widened our range of community care and embarked upon health awareness campaign under the banner “Reach for Health”. Earlier we had conducted a health awareness seminar for women at the Kuwait Medical Association (KMA), where women were educated about breast cancer, birth control, menopause and cosmetic surgery.
To continue this campaign we are conducting another such seminar on women’s health issues for the public again at the Kuwait Medical Association Hall, Jabriya at 5 pm. on 18th April 2009.
Topics for lecture are:
Jade Goody Story - Cervical Cancer - Dr Essam Abul Fotooh, Consultant Obs/Gynae, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al Hadi Hospital
A D – Lightful story by Dr. Nadia Al-Ali, Consultant Endocrinologist, Chairperson, Department of Medicine, Amiri Hospital
Brain Attack by Dr. Riyad Ahmed Khan, Head of Dept. of Neurology, Ibn Sina Hospital
To know more details and to confirm your attendance you can email iwa_kuwait@hotmail.com or call either Surayya at 66554724 between 9 am – 2 pm or Jagga at 24920271/2 ext 116 or at 25623389.
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Indian Women's Association (IWA)
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