Prof. James from Assonora Bardez was my professor at Xavier’s College, Goa. He was a brilliant English teacher whose every lecture was a great lesson for the students. During Portuguese time he was a great Goan Christian freedom fighter who faced imprisonment and beatings from the Portuguese Agente. A few years back when I was on my vacation in Goa, I met him at the residence of Rangel Bastora, at Bastora Bardez where while on discussion on Goan political scene, I asked him this question: “Professor James, don’t you feel guilty to see the sad state of affairs Goa is undergoing now? What was your purpose to fight for Goa's freedom? Just to drive away the Portuguese out of Goa and leave Goa into the hands of these current corrupt politician rogues?”. Then I went a step further and accused the genuine Goan freedom fighters for keeping their silence on the corruption that is going on in Goa because they freedom fighters are quiet and watching everything as silent observers, adding further that they have to fight for one more freedom for Goa from these rogue politicians otherwise their sacrifices for the genuine cause of Goa will go waste.
The job of a genuine freedom fighter is not only to fight for political freedom but also for social and economic justice. The current politicians in Goa are devouring all the assets of Goa for their benefits and for the benefits of their family members. All the third class people who till recently had no proper means to eat properly are today become crorepotis by involving in politics which is become a very lucrative business especially for the ‘Chors’. While these corrupt practices are done by our corrupt politicians by sucking the blood of poor masses thereby keeping them economically weak, what role our freedom fighters are playing? Just to give a slogan saying Salazar Murdabad and Nehru Zindabad one does not qualify to become a freedom fighter and to earn Tamrapatra and Pension.
Tamra Patras of some freedom fighters give a shade of robberies and crimes they committed against innocent Goans during Portuguese era. Many of the Goan freedom fighters involved in freedom movement only to drive Goan Christians out of Goa as if Goan Christians are less Indians and other Goans are more Indian. Goan Christians are as Indians as any other Goan and nobody can belittle the contribution of Goan Christians towards Goa’s freedom movement.
When whole of India is burning now with the flame of Anna Hazare fire for his campaign on corruption, what role our Goan freedom fighters are playing collectively? Are they devising ways and means to desecrate Fontainhas again? Are they thinking to stop Portuguese ship anchoring at Mormugao again? It is a pity that some of the Goan freedom fighters are irresponsible and useless citizens of Goa doing things which are irrelevant thereby damaging the good image of genuine freedom fighters.
My friends freedom fighters! many of you are cowards and rogues and criminals. During Portuguese time in the name of freedom fighting many of you have committed worst of robberies and crimes against innocent Goans. There are so many stories in North Goa side of the crimes committed by the freedom fighters. They had no marbles to kill and destroy Portuguese but only the innocent Goans. Portuguese was ousted from Goa not by the Goan freedom fighters but by the Indian Millitary.
Portuguse people were not the enemies of Goa but Portuguese colonialism. If Goa remained backward and Goans lacked so many facilities it was not because of the Portuguese but because of our own Goans who prevented Portuguese from doing good for our own Goa and Goans. Portuguese Governador was assisted in the administration of Goa by a team of 12 nominated Goan MLA's, almost all of them were of high class and high caste. It was this team that failed to do its duty properly towards the development of Goa and Goans. Many times with silly and cunning excuses they prevented Governador from doing good for Goa and common Goans.
The real enemies of Goa during the Portuguese time were not the Portuguese but the Goan Brahmins and Goan Bhattkars – Hindus and Christians - who suppressed the masses comprising Christians, Hindus and Muslims.
Portuguese colonialism was bad and it had to end but it ended not thru the power of Goan freedom fighters. Many of the Goan freedom fighters are cowards for this reason they are silent now when they should raise their voice in unison in support of Anna Hazare' s anti-corruption movement. Goa is suffering today because of the silence of Goan freedom fighters on the corruption that is going on in Goa.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
August 24, 2011
August 23, 2011
WHERE ARE GOAN POLITICIANS GONE NOW?
When they asked Jesus what to do with this woman – Maria Magdalena – found committing the sin of adultery for which punishment according to Moses Law is stoning to death, the reply from Jesus came thus: ‘Whoever among you has not committed a sin should start stoning her first’. Since they were all guilty of committing sins, they found no courage to punish the sinful woman and hence instead they all one by one disappeared from that place.
When expected from them to stone corruption to death by supporting Hana Hazare’s movement against corruption, like all the sinful Pharisees one by one they disappeared from the scene. And who these Pharisees are? They are all the Goan politicians representing Goans in the Legislative Assembly. They just disappeared from the scene because they are like real Pharisees guilty of the sin called Corruption. When they themselves have committed the sin of Corruption, what right they will have to support Anna Hazare’s movement? From here one can conclude that among all the 40 MLA’s, there is not a single having a clean slate of his character. There is not a single MLA among them to raise his or her voice loudly and forcefully in support of Anna Hazare’s fast against corruption. This happened with our elected leaders because either directly or indirectly they as it looks are involved in corruption in Goa, some of them even stacking millions of black Money in foreign banks. This is the biggest corruption.
Where is Parrikar now and what is his opinion on Anna Hazare movement? His boss in Delhi is issuing statements this and that side but he and his Party BJP is a first class crook party with regards to Lok Pal Bill. Why BJP when it was ruling at the Centre did not bring this bill in the parliament when it had comfortable majority? This bill was kept hidden in the Parliament Locker for over 40 years and Congress alone is not guilty of this chicanery but also BJP for keeping its silence on this bill when BJP was in power.
BJP as Congress is equally guilty of promoting and supporting corruption not only at all India level but also in Goa under Parrikar otherwise Parrikar would not purchase political support of corrupt MLA’s to form his communal Government. Initiating defection and promoting defection is the worst form of corruption which is rampant in Goa shamelessly and sinfully done by the Holy Bible Kissers, Holy Koran Readers and Bhagvat Ghita followers. These corrupt people are a disgrace on their respective religions because of their corrupt political life which is not only an ordinary sin but the greatest sacrilege. There is no forgiveness for such sacrileges even these people may go a thousand times to Potta & Vailankani or to Mecca & Medina or with Crow-bars to demolish Babri Masjid at Ayodya..
People in Goa are regularly these days organising demonstrations in support of Anna Hazare but no where I noticed any MLA loudly and openly supporting these demonstrations. By their total silence on this topic they give an impression that they want corruption to flourish in Goa so that they rob Gons more and more.
By the way, what is the role of our Church in this respect? Why our Church leaders and priests not talking loudly and why not they take active part in this movement for social justice in line with Jesus’ doctrine? Is fight for social justice in India is the concern of Hindu leaders and Swamis only and not of Christian Padris?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
When expected from them to stone corruption to death by supporting Hana Hazare’s movement against corruption, like all the sinful Pharisees one by one they disappeared from the scene. And who these Pharisees are? They are all the Goan politicians representing Goans in the Legislative Assembly. They just disappeared from the scene because they are like real Pharisees guilty of the sin called Corruption. When they themselves have committed the sin of Corruption, what right they will have to support Anna Hazare’s movement? From here one can conclude that among all the 40 MLA’s, there is not a single having a clean slate of his character. There is not a single MLA among them to raise his or her voice loudly and forcefully in support of Anna Hazare’s fast against corruption. This happened with our elected leaders because either directly or indirectly they as it looks are involved in corruption in Goa, some of them even stacking millions of black Money in foreign banks. This is the biggest corruption.
Where is Parrikar now and what is his opinion on Anna Hazare movement? His boss in Delhi is issuing statements this and that side but he and his Party BJP is a first class crook party with regards to Lok Pal Bill. Why BJP when it was ruling at the Centre did not bring this bill in the parliament when it had comfortable majority? This bill was kept hidden in the Parliament Locker for over 40 years and Congress alone is not guilty of this chicanery but also BJP for keeping its silence on this bill when BJP was in power.
BJP as Congress is equally guilty of promoting and supporting corruption not only at all India level but also in Goa under Parrikar otherwise Parrikar would not purchase political support of corrupt MLA’s to form his communal Government. Initiating defection and promoting defection is the worst form of corruption which is rampant in Goa shamelessly and sinfully done by the Holy Bible Kissers, Holy Koran Readers and Bhagvat Ghita followers. These corrupt people are a disgrace on their respective religions because of their corrupt political life which is not only an ordinary sin but the greatest sacrilege. There is no forgiveness for such sacrileges even these people may go a thousand times to Potta & Vailankani or to Mecca & Medina or with Crow-bars to demolish Babri Masjid at Ayodya..
People in Goa are regularly these days organising demonstrations in support of Anna Hazare but no where I noticed any MLA loudly and openly supporting these demonstrations. By their total silence on this topic they give an impression that they want corruption to flourish in Goa so that they rob Gons more and more.
By the way, what is the role of our Church in this respect? Why our Church leaders and priests not talking loudly and why not they take active part in this movement for social justice in line with Jesus’ doctrine? Is fight for social justice in India is the concern of Hindu leaders and Swamis only and not of Christian Padris?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
August 22, 2011
NEED OF AWARENESS & SUPPORT FOR LOK PAL.
Over the years, we know how the Governments have always made their own policies in hiking the food prices, petrol prices, medical treatment & taxes; thereby creating inconvenience to the common people of India . These ministers have lost sensitivity & interest in the welfare of the people, although they do it willingly but behind the back there would be a heavier price paid by the common man unknowingly. The reason for this insensitive approach by the politicians is only because of their greed of gathering illegal money thereby blinding the same people who voted them to power.
The political mechanism nowadays is so over-flowing with money that these politicians have lost track of how to earn money by hard work and live an honest life. There was an instance wherein there was this politician who was stinking rich. So one of my friend happened to ask a close buddy of the politician as to why he was contesting the election even though he has so wealthy and had been re-elected several times. The answer was simple “He likes doing social work and for the betterment of his people”. I bet you all would have heard such answers many a times in the speeches given prior to elections. But what do we do about it? We just go & vote for the same politicians time and again without even thinking whether they would keep their promises or forget us. Some of us don’t have choices also since there are hardly candidates who are willing to contest because of the fear of being bullied and scared away by the big politicians in the area. I am sure the stinky rich politicians don’t forget their people. When I say ‘their people’ its not the common man like you and me, but the few hand-picked ones who have always been topped up with goodies in their pot.
Remember, you may be given the bait of few hundreds or may be thousand in your pocket just for your vote but the other hand-picked ones are always showered with plenty. Some politicians promise the youngsters for better technology & hi-fi stuff. These are some of the tricks to lure the younger generation but one should question these politicians as to use this so called ‘better technology’ why not have uninterrupted power supply, 24-hr water supply, clean roads & surroundings? These are some issues that these big fellows need to address but they are least bothered, just what matters to them is that they would try to implement hi-fi technologies and get some commission over it and fill their already over-flowing pockets. But my point is not to talk about all this, which probably everyone knows about and sits ‘susegadh’ over it as always but only to create awareness that if we think sensibly about a candidate or even encourage new hard working candidates who will do good for the community on a long run then we could definitely bring a change in our own state. Recently, I read about the amount of possible black money of politicians that has been found in foreign banks is amounting to numerous crores of rupees with some involvement of goan big fellows ( Refer to article -
http://www.goachronicle.com/goa/expose/18217-names-of-goa-politicians-on-intelligence-agencies-watch ) .
Imagine if we Goans had a share of this hard earned tax payers money in our custody then we could have had a better life for our families and not go away from them in other countries in search of a better living. In order to clean this disease of corruption, we need to force the implementation of the Lokpal bill. This bill is one of a kind which will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians accountable for their deeds. But the Lokpal bill has been in a freezer for some decades now thanks to the Governments in the past who fear that it will stop their looting habits. We see the support for Anna Hazare growing day by day; people are getting educated over the flaws in the politicians running the Government but we need to act. This man ‘Anna Hazare’ is putting his life at risk just to get a better future for us so that we live a clean life. So can’t we render our support to this one of a kind movement to clean our state & country forever? It’s just a start, we need to stand firm on this issue; may be one day we will see a corrupt-free state.
Mog assum di,
Malcon Silveira.
The political mechanism nowadays is so over-flowing with money that these politicians have lost track of how to earn money by hard work and live an honest life. There was an instance wherein there was this politician who was stinking rich. So one of my friend happened to ask a close buddy of the politician as to why he was contesting the election even though he has so wealthy and had been re-elected several times. The answer was simple “He likes doing social work and for the betterment of his people”. I bet you all would have heard such answers many a times in the speeches given prior to elections. But what do we do about it? We just go & vote for the same politicians time and again without even thinking whether they would keep their promises or forget us. Some of us don’t have choices also since there are hardly candidates who are willing to contest because of the fear of being bullied and scared away by the big politicians in the area. I am sure the stinky rich politicians don’t forget their people. When I say ‘their people’ its not the common man like you and me, but the few hand-picked ones who have always been topped up with goodies in their pot.
Remember, you may be given the bait of few hundreds or may be thousand in your pocket just for your vote but the other hand-picked ones are always showered with plenty. Some politicians promise the youngsters for better technology & hi-fi stuff. These are some of the tricks to lure the younger generation but one should question these politicians as to use this so called ‘better technology’ why not have uninterrupted power supply, 24-hr water supply, clean roads & surroundings? These are some issues that these big fellows need to address but they are least bothered, just what matters to them is that they would try to implement hi-fi technologies and get some commission over it and fill their already over-flowing pockets. But my point is not to talk about all this, which probably everyone knows about and sits ‘susegadh’ over it as always but only to create awareness that if we think sensibly about a candidate or even encourage new hard working candidates who will do good for the community on a long run then we could definitely bring a change in our own state. Recently, I read about the amount of possible black money of politicians that has been found in foreign banks is amounting to numerous crores of rupees with some involvement of goan big fellows ( Refer to article -
http://www.goachronicle.com/goa/expose/18217-names-of-goa-politicians-on-intelligence-agencies-watch ) .
Imagine if we Goans had a share of this hard earned tax payers money in our custody then we could have had a better life for our families and not go away from them in other countries in search of a better living. In order to clean this disease of corruption, we need to force the implementation of the Lokpal bill. This bill is one of a kind which will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians accountable for their deeds. But the Lokpal bill has been in a freezer for some decades now thanks to the Governments in the past who fear that it will stop their looting habits. We see the support for Anna Hazare growing day by day; people are getting educated over the flaws in the politicians running the Government but we need to act. This man ‘Anna Hazare’ is putting his life at risk just to get a better future for us so that we live a clean life. So can’t we render our support to this one of a kind movement to clean our state & country forever? It’s just a start, we need to stand firm on this issue; may be one day we will see a corrupt-free state.
Mog assum di,
Malcon Silveira.
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