A week before the invasion of Goa by the mighty Bharati Millitary under the command of General Candeth, there was hectic activities around the globe to stop the cheat Nehru from invading Goa. Pushed by Portugal and backed by the USA almost the entire Western Europe supported Portugal. At one particular time unable to bear the world pressure minus Soviet Russia, Nehru wanted to delay the military action in Goa mainly to save the good image of India which professed the principle of Non-violence. But Malyali crook Defence Minister of India traitor Krishna Menon when told by Nehru to stop marching over Goa till further notice, replied to Nehru saying “Our troop is already on Goan soil when in fact it was not, it was still on Bharati soil. At that time Indian troop was at the border, Indian side. Nehru was at loss but Krishna Menon as a cunning Malyali immediately ordered the troop to start entering Goa and thus on 16th December Indian troops started entering Goa. THIS WAS THE FIRST LIE OF INDIA WHILE INVADING GOA. In fact Goa’s invasion started with Bharati lies only.
When China attacked India in 1962, world leaders questioned China but Chinese premier Cheu-en-Lai refuted them saying 'India does not believe in settling bilateral issues peacefully and precisely because of this India invaded Goa by using Non-Violence method. Hence, we followed this same method against India'.
At that time my brother working for Goa Police immediately came home from Collem where he was posted and alighted from the Caminhao of Keka Pai coming from Betim at 7.00 pm near Candolim Church and told our local Pe. Cur, Pe. Marcos Menezes that Indian Millitary has entered into Goa. Next day 17th everywhere was chaos, when we went to our Portuguese school as usual, we found our school door closed. On 18th Morning at dawn my father was going to our field 50 metres away from our house touching the main road to check the flow of water. He was wearing an ordinary Banyan and Short. On the main road coming from Betim was a convoy of Millitray Tanks and Jeeps on way to Aguada. In the front Tank the Millitary Commander saw my father in our field and stoped his Tank, behind him the entire convoy also stopped. Seeing this we looking from our home were totally confused knowing not why they stopped their convoy.
Then the Indian Commander called my father and started asking him so many questions in Hindi such as how far Aguada from your place, how many military personnel are there at Aguada, Is there any Troop stationed at Shapora-Anjuna etc. This Millitary Commander was an idiot asking such questions to a layman my father. Then that Indian Millitary Commander asked my father “why you are wearing an ordinary Banyan?’ For this my father replied saying “I am a poor man”. For this, the Millitary Commander replied “Yes, we know Portuguez has purposely kept you poor. Now and henceforth under Bharati rule you all poor Goans will not remain poor any longer but you all become rich. We are come to Goa to drive away cunning Portugues from Goan soil and make Goa a beautiful, peaceful and rich place for Goans”.THIS WAS ANOTHER LIE MADE BY THE CHEAT INVADER COMMANDER OF INDIAN MILLITARY.
My father while going to our Paddy Field early in the morning was singing Hosannas in praise Portugal and clean Portuguese administration and concluding his Hosannas with Viva Portugal – Viva Salazar. However, while returning home after talking to Indian Military Commander he was a totally changed man and came home all smiling saying loudly “Jai Hind – Bharat Zindabad – Nehru Zindabad and Salazar Murdabad”. These slogans were new to us all at home. Then he removed his Banyan and threw it out saying I dont need it any more because henceforth I will have the privilege of wearing Three Piece Suit of Raymond Cloth even when going to our field because he was deeply impressed by the lies of the Indian Millitary Commander believing his lies as Gospel Truth.
See how crook Indians were at the time of invading Goa. In fact the invasion of Goa started with telling lies and later on making Indian lies as way of life in Goa. India captured Goa thru lies and they will finish Goa from the possession of Goans thru lies only because Indians are first class liars since Indian system is based on lies only.
Unfortunately and regretfully within a month of invasion of Kuwait my father became totally disillusioned man seeing disgrace brought on Goans by the Indian invaders. The promised wealthy life for the poor Goans remained as a dream only and meantime my father regretted for throwing out his Banyan which was his valuable asset and not a three piece suit as he expected by believing the liar Indian Military Commander. These Indian Millitary Commanders and Soldiers and leaders sucked my beloved Goa.
In one of his songs immediately after the invasion of Goa by Bharat, tiatrist M. Boyer said referring to the lies of Indian leaders:
Goykar ami sust nidlolet, nidloleank amkam uttoilet
Ani Patank korun voir soddtoch modench tuttoilet ani fottoilet.
Another great tiatrist Kid Boxer in his song also immediately following the invasion of Goa, mocking at lies of Indian leaders said:
Atam bienakant Goykarani kiteak Goyam itlem borem zatolem ki Rendrancheam Zamnneani ani Dukranchea Guddani passun lighti eteleot.
While concluding, I once again say that we were cheated by India by forcibly annexing Goa.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
December 20, 2011
December 18, 2011
FAKE LIBERATION OF GOA
After India got independence, some Goan freedom fighters went to Gandiji asking him to help them to oust Portuguese from Goa. For this Gandhiji replied thus "Now you are ruled by the Portuguese but once Portuguese is ousted from Goa, I am afraid you may be ruled by the Delhi Portuguese". How prophetic were these words from Gandhiji!!
When Portuguese rule ended from Goa on 19th December 1961 everything went against the interest of genuine Goans and true Goa. Before the ouster of Portuguese from Goa, lot of promises were given to Goans by the Bharati Government but all these promises were turned into zero. According to Pe. Chico Monteiro who once confided in me said that Nehru was the most untrusworthy person, he wanted to liquidate the identity of Goa by helping merging Goa with Maharastra. Nehru was very close to V.P. Naik the then Congress Chief Minister of Maharastra. But in the Opinion Poll things surprisingly for Nehru and men like him in Maharastra and Delhi turned out to be different.
What sort of liberation we genuine Goans are experiencing? The liberation of freely killing of innocent Goans tru the factors influenced by the influx of non-Goans? The liberation to rob innocent Goans of their valuables as never before during the 451 years of Portuguese rule in Goa? The liberation to use bribery in each and every segment of Goan life and thereby destroy the fabricks of immaculate Goan image? Liberation to impose non-Goan system in Goa and thereby keep colonialism alive in Goa? Liberation to liberate Goa from Portugal and subjugate Goa under Non-Goans? Liberation to degoanise Goa of its culture, language, tradition, history and everything best of Goa? Liberation to damage and hurt Christians of their religious sentiments? The word liberation should be removed from our tongues and as per the Supreme Court judgement it should be righty named as Conquest or still better to use the Invasion Day.
It is a hard fact that no body wants to live under colonial rule and that includes me. Portuguese colonialists have done lot of injustice to Goa and genuine Goans with the strong support of Bamonshahi and Bhatkarshahi but on the other hand Portuguese rule has done yeomen services for the good of Goans and Goa. If Goa was not grabbed by Bharat for another 5 to 10 years I am sure Goa would be much better and safer place to live in the world. It was Bharati rule that disgraced the greatness of Goa and Goans. In this Bharat that is ruled by the bloody rascal politicians everything is bad. Money power and goonda force rule India including Goa and this has happened only because Goa came under Bharati rule.
We Goans may be poor in many aspects but surely we are very rich in culture, tradition, history, character and discipline. You will never find anywhere in Bharat as great hearted and as kind hearted people as genuine Goans whose number is now unfortunately dwindling. The “chor” and loafers who came to Goa with the advent of Bharati rule were the most third class and disgraceful people who helped destruction of Goa. The Malyalis and Maharastrians who started pouring in Goa soon after Goa came under Bharati rule totally spoiled the greatness of Goa, these non-Goans were without any class in them. Unfortunately, if currently Goa is facing degradation of Goan character by the present generation including the politicians then it is only because they learnt everything worst from the Bharati “Bamtte”.
Will it be possible for the genuine Goans to get back those glorious days when genuine Goans used to sleep in the “bolcao” and “angonn” under the “Ambo & Tinch” Trees whole night keeping their doors and windows opened? Will it be possible for genuine Goans now to go to the beach and have medicinal bath in the month of April & May without any hindrance from the big hoteliers preventing locals from entering their own local beach? God alone know tomorrow the locals may have to pay for the tickets to go to their beaches. Will it be possible for genuine Goans to have the previllege to inhale the fresh air without having impurities spread by the toxic industries? Will it be possible for genuine Goans to get their work done from any Government department without paying bribe? Will it be possible for genuine Goans to have Hindu-Christau-Mussolman “Bhavponn” as enjoyed during the Portuguese regime?
The secularism that Bharat imposed on Goa is a fake one. During Portuguese time Goa enjoyed better and best secularism in its true sense. Now Goa is not very far from Gujarat because BJP means communalism. Will it be possible for Goa any more to have in their Panchayats and Legislative Assembly any undiluted and uncorrupt member? The greatness of Goa is gone for good and it will never resurface. The future of Goa will be framed by the non-Goans who are become “dadas” of Goa and these non-Goan dadas will never protect the interest of Goa and Goans. Some Panchayats of golden Goa are manned by non-Goan Sarpanches who are selling our villages to Non-Goans and top industrialits. This is just one example of how Goa is destroyed by the non-Goans in the name of liberation which is nothing but fake liberation or truly Invasion.
Very few of us who enjoyed the greatness of Goa will sing Hosannas in the name of pristine Goa and how long these hosannas will be sung by us? Very many of us are coming closer to the grave and in another few years Goa will lose all its charm and greatness and current Goan will be just like many other polluted and disgraceful Indian. The great Goan journalist Frank Moraes felt ashamed to be an Indian because of lop sided policies carried by the Bharat Serkar. I too am ashamed to be an Indian when Bharat Serkar against my consent forcibly converted me as Bharati on 19th December in 1961 because by being a Bharati I have to be a colleague of corrupt Bharatis who are disgracing Bharat by committing all sorts of nonsense.
I am ashamed to be a Bharati because my countrymen the Bharati politicians who rule Bharat are corrupt, I don’t like to be equated with these corrupt rogues who destroy the nation. I am ashamed to hold the same citizenship as that of third class and corrupt politicians who rule Bharat. Otherwise I am proud of Bharat which is a great nation having great cultural heritage and thousands of years history. Bharat otherwise is a great nation which gave to the world the great epics Ramayana and Mahabarata and invented the game of Chess. Bharat otherwise is a great nation that produced great men like Rabindranath Tagore – Swami Vivekananda and Mahatmah Gandhi. In present Bharat there are no great men nor great thinkers and great leaders. Current leaders are sowing the seeds of discord among the citizens on religious grounds and it is they who will split Bharat once again as they have done in 1947.
If Bharat splits once again it will be only because of the present day communal leaders of India and if one analysis this point very impartially the day of further split of India is not far, it may be today or tomorrow, if not tomorrow then the day after tomorrow but surely it will come, may be during my life time or my children or grand children life time, if our leaders are not going to change their habits of dividing the people on religious lines.The acquisition of Atomic weapons is not a safeguard to protect the sovereignity and integrity of Bharat. The super power the Soviet Russia even with all its atomic and hydrogen arsenals within a split of a second got splitted into pieces, so atomic weapons is not the safeguard of any country’s sovereignity and integrity.
Pakistan and China are not the enemies of Bharat. The greatest enemy of Bharat is communalism propagated by its own communal Bharati citizens and it is thru this communalism that Bharat will further split. That will be the sad day for Bharat and all the great Bharati people and thinkers. My regret is that as a Bharati by force due to forcibly acquisition of Goa by Bharat I will have to face lot of problems in Goa too which was acquired by Bharat in the name of fake liberation. I don’t want this fake liberation, I want true liberation. But will I ever get it?
While concluding I say with my head down in shame for being a Bharati against my wish, Bharati culture and tradition is totally diifferent from Goan. Goan discipline is totally different from Bharati. Goan way of life is much superior to that of Bharati. I deslike to be Bharati against my wishes. I am longing for true and genuine liberation for my Goa. Will I get it? Or will I remain in Invaded Goa till I die?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
When Portuguese rule ended from Goa on 19th December 1961 everything went against the interest of genuine Goans and true Goa. Before the ouster of Portuguese from Goa, lot of promises were given to Goans by the Bharati Government but all these promises were turned into zero. According to Pe. Chico Monteiro who once confided in me said that Nehru was the most untrusworthy person, he wanted to liquidate the identity of Goa by helping merging Goa with Maharastra. Nehru was very close to V.P. Naik the then Congress Chief Minister of Maharastra. But in the Opinion Poll things surprisingly for Nehru and men like him in Maharastra and Delhi turned out to be different.
What sort of liberation we genuine Goans are experiencing? The liberation of freely killing of innocent Goans tru the factors influenced by the influx of non-Goans? The liberation to rob innocent Goans of their valuables as never before during the 451 years of Portuguese rule in Goa? The liberation to use bribery in each and every segment of Goan life and thereby destroy the fabricks of immaculate Goan image? Liberation to impose non-Goan system in Goa and thereby keep colonialism alive in Goa? Liberation to liberate Goa from Portugal and subjugate Goa under Non-Goans? Liberation to degoanise Goa of its culture, language, tradition, history and everything best of Goa? Liberation to damage and hurt Christians of their religious sentiments? The word liberation should be removed from our tongues and as per the Supreme Court judgement it should be righty named as Conquest or still better to use the Invasion Day.
It is a hard fact that no body wants to live under colonial rule and that includes me. Portuguese colonialists have done lot of injustice to Goa and genuine Goans with the strong support of Bamonshahi and Bhatkarshahi but on the other hand Portuguese rule has done yeomen services for the good of Goans and Goa. If Goa was not grabbed by Bharat for another 5 to 10 years I am sure Goa would be much better and safer place to live in the world. It was Bharati rule that disgraced the greatness of Goa and Goans. In this Bharat that is ruled by the bloody rascal politicians everything is bad. Money power and goonda force rule India including Goa and this has happened only because Goa came under Bharati rule.
We Goans may be poor in many aspects but surely we are very rich in culture, tradition, history, character and discipline. You will never find anywhere in Bharat as great hearted and as kind hearted people as genuine Goans whose number is now unfortunately dwindling. The “chor” and loafers who came to Goa with the advent of Bharati rule were the most third class and disgraceful people who helped destruction of Goa. The Malyalis and Maharastrians who started pouring in Goa soon after Goa came under Bharati rule totally spoiled the greatness of Goa, these non-Goans were without any class in them. Unfortunately, if currently Goa is facing degradation of Goan character by the present generation including the politicians then it is only because they learnt everything worst from the Bharati “Bamtte”.
Will it be possible for the genuine Goans to get back those glorious days when genuine Goans used to sleep in the “bolcao” and “angonn” under the “Ambo & Tinch” Trees whole night keeping their doors and windows opened? Will it be possible for genuine Goans now to go to the beach and have medicinal bath in the month of April & May without any hindrance from the big hoteliers preventing locals from entering their own local beach? God alone know tomorrow the locals may have to pay for the tickets to go to their beaches. Will it be possible for genuine Goans to have the previllege to inhale the fresh air without having impurities spread by the toxic industries? Will it be possible for genuine Goans to get their work done from any Government department without paying bribe? Will it be possible for genuine Goans to have Hindu-Christau-Mussolman “Bhavponn” as enjoyed during the Portuguese regime?
The secularism that Bharat imposed on Goa is a fake one. During Portuguese time Goa enjoyed better and best secularism in its true sense. Now Goa is not very far from Gujarat because BJP means communalism. Will it be possible for Goa any more to have in their Panchayats and Legislative Assembly any undiluted and uncorrupt member? The greatness of Goa is gone for good and it will never resurface. The future of Goa will be framed by the non-Goans who are become “dadas” of Goa and these non-Goan dadas will never protect the interest of Goa and Goans. Some Panchayats of golden Goa are manned by non-Goan Sarpanches who are selling our villages to Non-Goans and top industrialits. This is just one example of how Goa is destroyed by the non-Goans in the name of liberation which is nothing but fake liberation or truly Invasion.
Very few of us who enjoyed the greatness of Goa will sing Hosannas in the name of pristine Goa and how long these hosannas will be sung by us? Very many of us are coming closer to the grave and in another few years Goa will lose all its charm and greatness and current Goan will be just like many other polluted and disgraceful Indian. The great Goan journalist Frank Moraes felt ashamed to be an Indian because of lop sided policies carried by the Bharat Serkar. I too am ashamed to be an Indian when Bharat Serkar against my consent forcibly converted me as Bharati on 19th December in 1961 because by being a Bharati I have to be a colleague of corrupt Bharatis who are disgracing Bharat by committing all sorts of nonsense.
I am ashamed to be a Bharati because my countrymen the Bharati politicians who rule Bharat are corrupt, I don’t like to be equated with these corrupt rogues who destroy the nation. I am ashamed to hold the same citizenship as that of third class and corrupt politicians who rule Bharat. Otherwise I am proud of Bharat which is a great nation having great cultural heritage and thousands of years history. Bharat otherwise is a great nation which gave to the world the great epics Ramayana and Mahabarata and invented the game of Chess. Bharat otherwise is a great nation that produced great men like Rabindranath Tagore – Swami Vivekananda and Mahatmah Gandhi. In present Bharat there are no great men nor great thinkers and great leaders. Current leaders are sowing the seeds of discord among the citizens on religious grounds and it is they who will split Bharat once again as they have done in 1947.
If Bharat splits once again it will be only because of the present day communal leaders of India and if one analysis this point very impartially the day of further split of India is not far, it may be today or tomorrow, if not tomorrow then the day after tomorrow but surely it will come, may be during my life time or my children or grand children life time, if our leaders are not going to change their habits of dividing the people on religious lines.The acquisition of Atomic weapons is not a safeguard to protect the sovereignity and integrity of Bharat. The super power the Soviet Russia even with all its atomic and hydrogen arsenals within a split of a second got splitted into pieces, so atomic weapons is not the safeguard of any country’s sovereignity and integrity.
Pakistan and China are not the enemies of Bharat. The greatest enemy of Bharat is communalism propagated by its own communal Bharati citizens and it is thru this communalism that Bharat will further split. That will be the sad day for Bharat and all the great Bharati people and thinkers. My regret is that as a Bharati by force due to forcibly acquisition of Goa by Bharat I will have to face lot of problems in Goa too which was acquired by Bharat in the name of fake liberation. I don’t want this fake liberation, I want true liberation. But will I ever get it?
While concluding I say with my head down in shame for being a Bharati against my wish, Bharati culture and tradition is totally diifferent from Goan. Goan discipline is totally different from Bharati. Goan way of life is much superior to that of Bharati. I deslike to be Bharati against my wishes. I am longing for true and genuine liberation for my Goa. Will I get it? Or will I remain in Invaded Goa till I die?
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
December 17, 2011
NINETEENTH DECEMBER IS THE ROBBERY DAY OF GOA.
Tomorrow 19th December 2011 Goa marks the 50th anniversary of its liberation. The word liberation is a misnomer. The correct word should be the “CONQUEST” because according to the landmark judgment delivered by the highest court of India – The Supreme Court – on 19th December 1961 Goa was not liberated from the Portuguese but “Conquered” by Bharat from the Portuguese. Still to go one step further, a highly intellectual son of Goa, Fr. Philip Neri Mendonca, the then Principal of St. Joseph’s High School Arpora, Bardez, Goa, in his capacity as a layman and not as a Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, stated that “on 19th December 1961, Goa was invaded by Bharat and was not liberated”.
Bangladesh was liberated by Bharat and given to the sons and daughters of Bangladesh while Goa was not. Instead Goa was conquered and annexed to Bharat just as what Saddam Hussein did for Kuwait on 2nd August 1990 and annexed it to Iraq converting it into one of Iraq's provinces. Some Goan elders 50 years back said that Goa was “Robbed” from Goans by Nehru’s Congress Party of Bharat. Even some freedom fighters in Goa felt that Bharat should not have annexed Goa to it without consulting Goans. And when I queried one of the Hindu freedom fighters from my village in Candolim who himself has undergone a long term prison snetence at Aguada, said that “WE AS FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GOA, ONLY WANTED ASSISTANCE FROM BHARAT TO GET RID OF PORTUGUESE FROM GOA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST PORTUGUESE RULE IN GOA BUT NEVER TO LEGALISE GOA ILLEGALLY AS PART OF INDIA”.
What would be the fate of Goa if Bharat on 19th December 1961 had not to intervene millitarily in Goa leaving it as it was? Heaven would not fall. On the contrary it would have been a big blessing and booster for Goa and real Goans. A decade after Goa was annexed to Bharat by force, Slazarist regime lost power in Portugal and all its African colonies got independence on silver platter. In the same manner Goa would also get independence for Goans to decide their fate and future for the good of Goans and Goa. Goa had great sons and daughters then to guide and decide its destiny and they would rule Goa in a best possible way of course to the satisfaction of all Goans and not to the satisfaction of all the “Chor” and “Crimidor Ghanttis” and Ghanttised Goans.
The last Governador of Goa, Vassalo e Silva was a special appointee for Goa by Salazar who had great love for Goa and Goans. Salazar and his advisers thought in late fifties that something should be done for Goa so that all categories of Goans can become self sufficient and they can rely upon themselves for the development of their Goa. In view of this Salazar appropriately selected Governador Vassalo e Silva for this job in Goa.
As a matter of fact, internally Governador Vassalo e Silva was anti-Salazar and anti-Dictator. As a step in right direction, Vassalo e Silva introduced a law in Goa in the late fifties to make Portuguese education compulsory for all Goan children attaining the age of 6 and it was to be imparted Free Of Charge. This law was introduced by Portuguese Government to elevate the educational standard of Goans because it is thru education that makes a person advanced.
Agriculture was given a top priority. In my village saline water entered into our fields and spoiled the whole crop. Governador Silva himself came to check it near our Church, entered the field assisted by my father who was the “de facto" leader of “Xetkar & Zotkar” and walking personally checked the broken “Bandh” which led the saline water from the Sea to enter into the fields. Governador at times talked to my father asking some questions about this saline water and my father being fluent in Portuguese as none among his "Xetkar" tribe answered him well. Then the Governador spoke to the village elders and members of the Communidade and arranged to put things into order with a promise that “I will see to it that no crop is spoiled and wasted”.
Similar exercise he did elsewhere in Goa to give a fillip to agriculture and Goan agriculturists. Then later on Governador came to our Communidade Hall and impressed upon the elders to give top priority for the development of Caju Plantation. We had behind the Church Caju plantation on the big mountainous land of Communidade and as a booster we got free of charge small Caju plants to develop there. This resulted in a big yield for us in our Caju fruits and Caju Nuts. Similar exercise was done elsewhere in Goa too to boost the Caju plantation in Goa, so also for other crops.
Then the same Governador seeing the potential of mining industry in Goa and its improvement issued a Circular to Goans settled outside Goa to come back and get employment in Goa only and in this direction he assured them jobs in mining industry for English educated Goans and in Government sectors for Portuguese educated. Some Goans working in Qatar and Bahrain even left their lucrative jobs in the Oil sectors and returned to Goa where they were absorbed by the Chowgules, Dempo-Souza, Sesa Goa and other companies.
Governador Vassalo e Silva made his office accessible to any Goan for any of his needs. He started to mix up with commoners like a common man himself. This was resented by many of the Goan Bamonn aristocrats and Bhattkars but Governador Silva never cared for them. In 1960 while returning from Aguada, Governador Vassalo e Silva came to our Portuguese School and directly entered in our class and surprisinglyy approached me as if he knew me that I am a commoner and asked me in Portuguese: “Tem Sacola?” I said, “Nao Senhor Governador”. For this he gave me one School Bag. Likewise he did for others also in Marathi Xalla.
He was so simple, once I was going to Panjim with my eldest brother for the soccer match. My brother known as “Cheddo” was an ace footballer of Goa Police Soccer Team comprising Portuguese “Pakles and Khapris”. When we entered into Ferryboat at Betim, suddenly Governador’s civilian Jeep also entered without any hassle.and external pomp. No battalion of armed guards nor police escort. Simple Governador with one simple driver and one simple guard. He did not even avail of the especial facility for him alone to be in the Ferryboat. During those days only Governador and Patriarch had the privilege for especial Ferryboat service to cross the rivers. When his Jeep parked in the Ferryboat, he immediately got down from his rear seat and gave a very loving and affectionate smile to all. Then again fortunately for me he smilingly approached me and lovingly touched my cheek and said “Senhor Rapaz, come esta?” Then he saw one elderly Hindu woman carrying a Basket full of vegetable to sell it in Panjim, stood in front of her and affectionately said something in Portuguese to her. She was all smiles and happy like me for encountering Governador in this manner.
The Governador vouched that every Goan must have goods and commodities cheaply. Once in 1960 the prices of the goods in Goa mainly in Panjim shot up suddenly especially of eatables. Seeing this, one fine morning dressed as commoner, Governador himself personally went to the market in Panjim and found out how shopkeepers have abruptly increased the prices of the commodities. Then immediately he advised his subordinates to take stringent action against these shopkeepers and immediately the prices were brought down. During his tenure, when he noticed struggle for the ouster of Portuguese from Goa, he even requested the genuine freedom fighters to come and meet him to discuss this subject but none approached him openly and directly. He disliked those freedom fighters for Goa coming from Ghanttar. He said they have no right and authority to talk for and on behalf of Goa and Goans. Even Morarjee Desai as a Chief Minister of Bombay and as a spokesman of Congress said that “only Goans should fight for their Goa and remove Portuguese from their soil”.
In Goa there were 2 types of freedom fighters, one genuine & secular and the others “Chor-Krimidor & communal. The latter section were killing, robbing and troubling innocent Goans and wanted Goa to become a Hindu Raj, they were communal and had hatred for Christians Governador Vassalo e Silva refused to talk to them. Governador wanted to find some sort of peaceful solution for Goa and for this reason he was paving the way for Goans to be prepared for this day either today or tomorrow but surely that day was coming. What Portuguese Governador Antonio Spinola in his book “Portugal e Futuro” in Mocambique predicted in Seventies that Portuguese rule will come to an end in Africa, Governador Vassalo e Silva guessed in 1960 about Goa. For this reason he was preparing Goans to be self sufficient to take over Goa by themselves only.
Governador Vassalo e Silva loved Goa and Goans very much irrespective of their caste and creed. In fact some of the Goans who were very close to him were Goan Hindus, including Dayananda Bandodkar. Sensing this, Nehru as a crook assisted by another Malyali double crook Krishna Menon – the then disgraceful Defence Minister of India created a hostile situation for Portuguese Government in Goa and attacked Goa. The rest was a history which was created on 19th December 1961 without taking consent of Goa based genuine Goans. By the way, even if genuine Goans want to do something, are they in position to do now? And as a matter of fact, are there any genuine Goans living in Goa now to think of the glorious days they spent in Goa?
During Portuguese days, life in Goa was safe for Goans, living standard of Goans was fine, Goans were not sleeping and cooking under the shade of trees like Bharati Ghanttis. Every Goan had a roof over his head unlike innumerable Bharatis. No Goan was producing children on the streets like Bharatis in many parts of Bharat. There was system and discipline everywhere in Goa unlike elsewhere in Bharat. Portuguese Goa had a history of 450 years of best administration while Bharat not, Bharati administration was full of corruption. In Portuguese Goa respect for law and order was very much existing and crime rate was very negligible while elsewhere in Bharat it was total chaos. No Goan houses were fitted with iron grill doors and windows. Our houses were open round the clock, no fear of robbers coming to rob our houses.
Most of the Portuguese Pakles were very friendly to Goans and they interacted with Goans very freely. Hindus, Christians and Muslims were living in a very friendly way. There was no communal hatred, as it is in post December 1961, all were living as one Goan homogeneous entity. Common Goan even from the lowest strata of casteist Goan society was given facility to occupy positions in Government and other private sectors. Goans were given high ranks in the Army and Police sectors. If Goans faced any problems and discrimination it was only because of the disgraceful Goan Bhattkars and Bamonn who acted more dictators and brutes than dictators and brutes themselves.
During Portuguese time common Goan was harassed not by the Portugese but by the Goan Bamonn Bhatkars. All members of Hindu, Christian and Muslim communities were treated equally. Hindus occupied some of the top positions in the Government sectors and they only controlled the commerce including mining industry besides other sectors including franchises to import foreign goods. Everybody looked happy in all the fronts except the Portuguese domination which could have been easily eradicated if Bharat had not to send its around 20 thousand well equipped Army marching over my Goa outnumbering only around 5 thousand Portuguese millitary of Goa and finally destroying Goa beyond recognition of its original self.
In 50 years Goa lost so much of its original self, in another few years Goa will be totally mutilated and destroyed unless we have Goan patriots in Goa Legislative Assembly as the last Portuguese Governador Vassalo e Silva. Goa and Goans were more protected, loved and supported by the European Portuguese than the Indian Bharatis. This is the tragedy of Goa we experienced during the last 50 years of Bharati rule in Goa.
In view of above, can we really call Goa a liberated land? Liberated from whom? We are not liberated but dominated more vigorously and more firmly by the corrupt Bharati system which has already taken firm roots in Goa. Bharatis said Goans are free now and equal with others while under Portuguese rule not. Foolish Statement!! Even with 50 years of Barati rule in Goa, sadly Goa's name is not included in the Bharati National Anthem thus making Goa and Goans as outsiders in Bharat. During Portuguese regime we were bowing down our heads before white skin of Portuguese while under Bharat we are made to bow down with folded hands before the rascals of Delhi wearing white "khadi" dress and Gandhi Topi. This white colour has made us equal slaves of both the regimes.
During the Portuguese regime we had to be at the mercy of Lisbon High Command but under Bharat we had to be the slaves of Delhi High Command inspite of having our own self State Government. What sort of freedom is it that we are enjoying? It is worst than the slavery. And we call it freedom? To hell with this type of freedom. In this type of freedom, Goa is losing its identity, demographic structure is totally changed in Goa to convert Goans into minority where non-Goans are dominating Goans. Our own chor politicinas and Bamtte politicians are giving Goa on silver platter to non-Goans. This is not the freedom and liberation that we Goans wanted and want. 19th December according to me should be marked as the DAY OF ROBBERY because on this day in 1961 Bharat under the rule of Congress Party headed in the Parliament by crook Nehru robbed Goa and made Goans as orphans. 19th December should be marked as the day of moaning because on this day in 1961 Goan women were raped by Indian Army personnel, on this day in 1961 Goan shops were looted of foreign goods by Indian Army personnel. On this day at Calangute Tinto our own Goan brother mercilessly was killed by Bharati Army personnel. On this day in 1961 Bharati Army personnel comitted many illdeeds and crimes.
TO HELL WITH THIS LIBERATION WHERE THERE IS ALL ROUND CORRUPTION AND NO LIFE SECURITY. THIS LIBERATION IS GOOD FOR CHORS AND CRIMIDORS and not for good Goans.
While concluding I must admit that Portuguse rule in Goa had to come to an end because I hate colonialism but in the same manner I also hate forcible annexation of Goa by Bharat withou our consent thereby recolonising Goa. Bharat on 19th December 1961 had no business nor right to invade Goa by using mighty millitary force. Goa belonged to Goans and not to Ghanttis who are become landlords of Goa and also de facto and de jure owners of Goa..
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
Bangladesh was liberated by Bharat and given to the sons and daughters of Bangladesh while Goa was not. Instead Goa was conquered and annexed to Bharat just as what Saddam Hussein did for Kuwait on 2nd August 1990 and annexed it to Iraq converting it into one of Iraq's provinces. Some Goan elders 50 years back said that Goa was “Robbed” from Goans by Nehru’s Congress Party of Bharat. Even some freedom fighters in Goa felt that Bharat should not have annexed Goa to it without consulting Goans. And when I queried one of the Hindu freedom fighters from my village in Candolim who himself has undergone a long term prison snetence at Aguada, said that “WE AS FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GOA, ONLY WANTED ASSISTANCE FROM BHARAT TO GET RID OF PORTUGUESE FROM GOA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST PORTUGUESE RULE IN GOA BUT NEVER TO LEGALISE GOA ILLEGALLY AS PART OF INDIA”.
What would be the fate of Goa if Bharat on 19th December 1961 had not to intervene millitarily in Goa leaving it as it was? Heaven would not fall. On the contrary it would have been a big blessing and booster for Goa and real Goans. A decade after Goa was annexed to Bharat by force, Slazarist regime lost power in Portugal and all its African colonies got independence on silver platter. In the same manner Goa would also get independence for Goans to decide their fate and future for the good of Goans and Goa. Goa had great sons and daughters then to guide and decide its destiny and they would rule Goa in a best possible way of course to the satisfaction of all Goans and not to the satisfaction of all the “Chor” and “Crimidor Ghanttis” and Ghanttised Goans.
The last Governador of Goa, Vassalo e Silva was a special appointee for Goa by Salazar who had great love for Goa and Goans. Salazar and his advisers thought in late fifties that something should be done for Goa so that all categories of Goans can become self sufficient and they can rely upon themselves for the development of their Goa. In view of this Salazar appropriately selected Governador Vassalo e Silva for this job in Goa.
As a matter of fact, internally Governador Vassalo e Silva was anti-Salazar and anti-Dictator. As a step in right direction, Vassalo e Silva introduced a law in Goa in the late fifties to make Portuguese education compulsory for all Goan children attaining the age of 6 and it was to be imparted Free Of Charge. This law was introduced by Portuguese Government to elevate the educational standard of Goans because it is thru education that makes a person advanced.
Agriculture was given a top priority. In my village saline water entered into our fields and spoiled the whole crop. Governador Silva himself came to check it near our Church, entered the field assisted by my father who was the “de facto" leader of “Xetkar & Zotkar” and walking personally checked the broken “Bandh” which led the saline water from the Sea to enter into the fields. Governador at times talked to my father asking some questions about this saline water and my father being fluent in Portuguese as none among his "Xetkar" tribe answered him well. Then the Governador spoke to the village elders and members of the Communidade and arranged to put things into order with a promise that “I will see to it that no crop is spoiled and wasted”.
Similar exercise he did elsewhere in Goa to give a fillip to agriculture and Goan agriculturists. Then later on Governador came to our Communidade Hall and impressed upon the elders to give top priority for the development of Caju Plantation. We had behind the Church Caju plantation on the big mountainous land of Communidade and as a booster we got free of charge small Caju plants to develop there. This resulted in a big yield for us in our Caju fruits and Caju Nuts. Similar exercise was done elsewhere in Goa too to boost the Caju plantation in Goa, so also for other crops.
Then the same Governador seeing the potential of mining industry in Goa and its improvement issued a Circular to Goans settled outside Goa to come back and get employment in Goa only and in this direction he assured them jobs in mining industry for English educated Goans and in Government sectors for Portuguese educated. Some Goans working in Qatar and Bahrain even left their lucrative jobs in the Oil sectors and returned to Goa where they were absorbed by the Chowgules, Dempo-Souza, Sesa Goa and other companies.
Governador Vassalo e Silva made his office accessible to any Goan for any of his needs. He started to mix up with commoners like a common man himself. This was resented by many of the Goan Bamonn aristocrats and Bhattkars but Governador Silva never cared for them. In 1960 while returning from Aguada, Governador Vassalo e Silva came to our Portuguese School and directly entered in our class and surprisinglyy approached me as if he knew me that I am a commoner and asked me in Portuguese: “Tem Sacola?” I said, “Nao Senhor Governador”. For this he gave me one School Bag. Likewise he did for others also in Marathi Xalla.
He was so simple, once I was going to Panjim with my eldest brother for the soccer match. My brother known as “Cheddo” was an ace footballer of Goa Police Soccer Team comprising Portuguese “Pakles and Khapris”. When we entered into Ferryboat at Betim, suddenly Governador’s civilian Jeep also entered without any hassle.and external pomp. No battalion of armed guards nor police escort. Simple Governador with one simple driver and one simple guard. He did not even avail of the especial facility for him alone to be in the Ferryboat. During those days only Governador and Patriarch had the privilege for especial Ferryboat service to cross the rivers. When his Jeep parked in the Ferryboat, he immediately got down from his rear seat and gave a very loving and affectionate smile to all. Then again fortunately for me he smilingly approached me and lovingly touched my cheek and said “Senhor Rapaz, come esta?” Then he saw one elderly Hindu woman carrying a Basket full of vegetable to sell it in Panjim, stood in front of her and affectionately said something in Portuguese to her. She was all smiles and happy like me for encountering Governador in this manner.
The Governador vouched that every Goan must have goods and commodities cheaply. Once in 1960 the prices of the goods in Goa mainly in Panjim shot up suddenly especially of eatables. Seeing this, one fine morning dressed as commoner, Governador himself personally went to the market in Panjim and found out how shopkeepers have abruptly increased the prices of the commodities. Then immediately he advised his subordinates to take stringent action against these shopkeepers and immediately the prices were brought down. During his tenure, when he noticed struggle for the ouster of Portuguese from Goa, he even requested the genuine freedom fighters to come and meet him to discuss this subject but none approached him openly and directly. He disliked those freedom fighters for Goa coming from Ghanttar. He said they have no right and authority to talk for and on behalf of Goa and Goans. Even Morarjee Desai as a Chief Minister of Bombay and as a spokesman of Congress said that “only Goans should fight for their Goa and remove Portuguese from their soil”.
In Goa there were 2 types of freedom fighters, one genuine & secular and the others “Chor-Krimidor & communal. The latter section were killing, robbing and troubling innocent Goans and wanted Goa to become a Hindu Raj, they were communal and had hatred for Christians Governador Vassalo e Silva refused to talk to them. Governador wanted to find some sort of peaceful solution for Goa and for this reason he was paving the way for Goans to be prepared for this day either today or tomorrow but surely that day was coming. What Portuguese Governador Antonio Spinola in his book “Portugal e Futuro” in Mocambique predicted in Seventies that Portuguese rule will come to an end in Africa, Governador Vassalo e Silva guessed in 1960 about Goa. For this reason he was preparing Goans to be self sufficient to take over Goa by themselves only.
Governador Vassalo e Silva loved Goa and Goans very much irrespective of their caste and creed. In fact some of the Goans who were very close to him were Goan Hindus, including Dayananda Bandodkar. Sensing this, Nehru as a crook assisted by another Malyali double crook Krishna Menon – the then disgraceful Defence Minister of India created a hostile situation for Portuguese Government in Goa and attacked Goa. The rest was a history which was created on 19th December 1961 without taking consent of Goa based genuine Goans. By the way, even if genuine Goans want to do something, are they in position to do now? And as a matter of fact, are there any genuine Goans living in Goa now to think of the glorious days they spent in Goa?
During Portuguese days, life in Goa was safe for Goans, living standard of Goans was fine, Goans were not sleeping and cooking under the shade of trees like Bharati Ghanttis. Every Goan had a roof over his head unlike innumerable Bharatis. No Goan was producing children on the streets like Bharatis in many parts of Bharat. There was system and discipline everywhere in Goa unlike elsewhere in Bharat. Portuguese Goa had a history of 450 years of best administration while Bharat not, Bharati administration was full of corruption. In Portuguese Goa respect for law and order was very much existing and crime rate was very negligible while elsewhere in Bharat it was total chaos. No Goan houses were fitted with iron grill doors and windows. Our houses were open round the clock, no fear of robbers coming to rob our houses.
Most of the Portuguese Pakles were very friendly to Goans and they interacted with Goans very freely. Hindus, Christians and Muslims were living in a very friendly way. There was no communal hatred, as it is in post December 1961, all were living as one Goan homogeneous entity. Common Goan even from the lowest strata of casteist Goan society was given facility to occupy positions in Government and other private sectors. Goans were given high ranks in the Army and Police sectors. If Goans faced any problems and discrimination it was only because of the disgraceful Goan Bhattkars and Bamonn who acted more dictators and brutes than dictators and brutes themselves.
During Portuguese time common Goan was harassed not by the Portugese but by the Goan Bamonn Bhatkars. All members of Hindu, Christian and Muslim communities were treated equally. Hindus occupied some of the top positions in the Government sectors and they only controlled the commerce including mining industry besides other sectors including franchises to import foreign goods. Everybody looked happy in all the fronts except the Portuguese domination which could have been easily eradicated if Bharat had not to send its around 20 thousand well equipped Army marching over my Goa outnumbering only around 5 thousand Portuguese millitary of Goa and finally destroying Goa beyond recognition of its original self.
In 50 years Goa lost so much of its original self, in another few years Goa will be totally mutilated and destroyed unless we have Goan patriots in Goa Legislative Assembly as the last Portuguese Governador Vassalo e Silva. Goa and Goans were more protected, loved and supported by the European Portuguese than the Indian Bharatis. This is the tragedy of Goa we experienced during the last 50 years of Bharati rule in Goa.
In view of above, can we really call Goa a liberated land? Liberated from whom? We are not liberated but dominated more vigorously and more firmly by the corrupt Bharati system which has already taken firm roots in Goa. Bharatis said Goans are free now and equal with others while under Portuguese rule not. Foolish Statement!! Even with 50 years of Barati rule in Goa, sadly Goa's name is not included in the Bharati National Anthem thus making Goa and Goans as outsiders in Bharat. During Portuguese regime we were bowing down our heads before white skin of Portuguese while under Bharat we are made to bow down with folded hands before the rascals of Delhi wearing white "khadi" dress and Gandhi Topi. This white colour has made us equal slaves of both the regimes.
During the Portuguese regime we had to be at the mercy of Lisbon High Command but under Bharat we had to be the slaves of Delhi High Command inspite of having our own self State Government. What sort of freedom is it that we are enjoying? It is worst than the slavery. And we call it freedom? To hell with this type of freedom. In this type of freedom, Goa is losing its identity, demographic structure is totally changed in Goa to convert Goans into minority where non-Goans are dominating Goans. Our own chor politicinas and Bamtte politicians are giving Goa on silver platter to non-Goans. This is not the freedom and liberation that we Goans wanted and want. 19th December according to me should be marked as the DAY OF ROBBERY because on this day in 1961 Bharat under the rule of Congress Party headed in the Parliament by crook Nehru robbed Goa and made Goans as orphans. 19th December should be marked as the day of moaning because on this day in 1961 Goan women were raped by Indian Army personnel, on this day in 1961 Goan shops were looted of foreign goods by Indian Army personnel. On this day at Calangute Tinto our own Goan brother mercilessly was killed by Bharati Army personnel. On this day in 1961 Bharati Army personnel comitted many illdeeds and crimes.
TO HELL WITH THIS LIBERATION WHERE THERE IS ALL ROUND CORRUPTION AND NO LIFE SECURITY. THIS LIBERATION IS GOOD FOR CHORS AND CRIMIDORS and not for good Goans.
While concluding I must admit that Portuguse rule in Goa had to come to an end because I hate colonialism but in the same manner I also hate forcible annexation of Goa by Bharat withou our consent thereby recolonising Goa. Bharat on 19th December 1961 had no business nor right to invade Goa by using mighty millitary force. Goa belonged to Goans and not to Ghanttis who are become landlords of Goa and also de facto and de jure owners of Goa..
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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