DHIRIO KUMPAR - KUMPARICHEO.
Navelim is a renowned place that gave birth to two greatest sons of Goa. It is not Goa alone proud of these two sons but also the entire India. One was parliamentarian Dr. Francis Luis Gomes who when went to Portugal as a representative of Goa in Portuguese Parliament he made it known to the entire Europe that “ I have come from the land that produced the great epic Ramayana and Mahabaratha and also the land that created the game of Chess. Dr. Gomes was the first Indian to raise the voice of independence not only for Goa but also for the entire India from the European soil. What voice he raised for freedom was later on echoed thru the mouths of Ghandis and Nehrus. I am proud that Dr. Gomes staunchly fought for democracy and liberation for Goa. The second renowned son of Navelim was Cardinal Gracias who also as a democratic minded and freedom loving person brought glory to Indian Catholicism. He truly worked for the upliftment of poor. In the name of poor he did not fill his personal pockets like the present day politicians. By making use of political clout he had in India even with Nehru, he could have amassed so much of personal wealth which could have been helpful for him not only to buy prime properties in Goa and build one Hotel at Kesarwal but hundreds of such hotels.
In the forthcoming election for Goa Legislative Assembly, both the Kumpars – Kumpar Churchill and Kumpar Luizin are vying for the victory in the polls in Navelim. Kumpar Churchill in his normal ferocity issues lot of statements against Kumpar Luizin who as a shrewd politician keeps total silence, of course diplomatically, over the harsh remarks against him. Kumpar Churchill is hell-bent to dethrone Kumpar Luizin from Navelim and taking shelter in the newly formed political outfit “Save Goa Front”, Churchill is going ahead against Kumpar Luizin. Poor “Filhad” must be crying seeing his Papa making an attempt to demolish his Padrin. My question now is this: “Save Goa from whom?” From Ullas Buyao’s legacy of supporting BJP thru his Konkani audio Cassette “Udentichem Komoll?” What is the real agenda of Save Goa Front under the son of the late Ullas Buyao, the president of SGF Sidhanath Buyao? Is the son Buyao going to support BJP like the late father Buyao? Is SGF really a secular party or a communal party, like BJP, having its own hidden communal agenda to be opened out after the election results are declared? I am advising all Kuwaitkars in particular and Gulfakar in general to tell their dependents and family members in Goa not to vote for SGF party candidates unless the party clarifies its stand on its support or alignment with BJP either before the election or after the election. SGF has to clarify its stand openly without any prejudice or anger before the election. Otherwise, I am sure SGF will go the way Goa Congress of Dr. Willy had gone in the election – meaning total disaster. Because, to build a party you require years of dedicated hard work and not just 2 months.
Churchill has promised to support the cause of Romi Konkani. Fine. I agree. But will Churchill give an assurance that once elected he will not change his stand on Romi Konkani? The Tiatrists under Wilson Mazarello have formed a front to fight for the cause of Romi Konkani. They must now unitedly join together and ask every candidate of every contesting party whether he/she will support the cause of Romi Konkani once he/she gets elected. There should be heavy pressure on Congress candidates especially on Luizin Faleiro who is cunningly keeping his silence over this issue. Navelim voters are overwhelmingly Romi Konkani supporters and their wish must be followed. If Navelim voters are real lovers of Romi Konkani then they will make Luizin Faleiro to give an open promise to his voters that he will support Romi Konkani cause irrespective of what the high command in Delhi and low command in Goa tells him to do. Let the Congress High Command go to hell. Let Luizin know that it is not the High Command in Delhi that is electing him but the Goan voters from Navelim for whom he has to listen first otherwise throw Luizin Faleiro out. If the voters from Navelim are the real sons and daughters of their real Romi Konkani fathers then they will extract a firm assurance from Luizin Faleiro that he will support the cause of Romi Konkani in the Assembly whether his party likes it or not. My Navelim friends from Kuwait must at this stage use their relationship and contact their relatives in Navelim Goa to force Luizin to take note of this. Navelkars in Kuwait are strong supporters of Romi Konkani so also of Luizin Faleiro. They are involved in many activities and from the time I have started Konkani movement in Kuwait they have always supported this cause. Now they must bring heavy pressure on Luizin Faleiro to declare his support for Romi Konkani. If not, later on Luizin Faleiro will say “Romi Konkani mar konkear”.
Luizin Faleiro is a very shrewd politician and also a very smart. He knows very well how to maneuver his way. His silence against Kumpar Churchill’s tirade is an act of shrewdness and cunningness too. By his silence he is trying to gain sympathy from the public and at the same time he is confusing the voters. Kumpar Churchill does not understand this type of polished diplomacy. Luizin joined politics not to serve the people more but to serve his interest more. Luizin is the one politician who minted lot of money by involving in politics. Luizin made money thru politics while his Kumpar Churchill was already a moneyed man before joining politics. Kumpar Churchill’s contribution for the cause of Konkani was genuine and more while that of Kumpar Luizin not but a political move and a cheap tamasha to woo the voters. Luizin Faleiro is controlled by his wife while his Kumpar Churchill not. One day some voters from Mandopa who elected and supported Luizin Faleiro in the last election went to Luizin’s place asking advertisement for their Souvenir. Luizin Faleiro’s wife from nowhere appeared on the scene and insulted the visitors saying “Danvddai tankam Mandopkarank. Tanni electiona velar amkam vote ghalunk na”. Hearing this comment, all were shocked because they truly worked for the victory of Luizin. One of the persons who went to Luizin’s place has already died, he was deeply shocked when he heard the insult of Luizin’s wife. Regretably, Luizin maintained a “baizon’s” silence like a “lolo” when his wife insulted his own supporter voters. Now can we accept this man to serve our land and our issue? Is Luizin fit to call himself the compatriot of Dr. Francis Luis Gomes and Cardinal Gracias? Voters from Navelim think twice. Elect a person in Navelim having majestic stature befitting the statures of Dr. Gomes and Cardinal Gracias. Men like Luizin and Churchill contesting election from Navelim are a shame on the prestige of Dr. Gomes and Cardinal Gracias who brought honour, pride and glory to Navelim.
I hope in the coming election Navelkars will not act like beggars accepting doles in the form of bribes from both the contestant Kumpars. Both of them are using public offices to get their personal revenge, both are contesting the election to teach each other a good lesson. At whose cost? At the cost of public who expect them to do something good for their cause and not to settle their personal score. In this election both the Kumpars will bring about splits in families and amongst friends. Because of their personal feud one Kumpar will split husband’s vote from wife’s, one Kumpar will create a split between parents and children and thru this method of splits lot of families and friends will face devide amongst them. And after all these splits both the Kumpars after the election will be seen sipping Beers at Leonoras. Both the Kumpars will make bloody fools of everyone in Navelim. If Navelim voters are intelligent then they will not allow them to take their votes for granted. It looks both the Kumpars are fighting the coming election not to serve the cause of people but their own causes. Navelkars should treat this as the wake up call. Voting Luizin Faleiro without obtaining a firm assurance publicly and openly from him that he will stand by Romi Konkani will be a curse on all those who are voting him to power.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
May 14, 2007
Tiatr, Football, Dances, and Newton’s Third Law in Kuwait
Tiatr, Football, Dances, and Newton’s Third Law in Kuwait
-by gasper crasto
-by gasper crasto
Goan Football, Tiatr, Tiatrists, Dances and Internet Goans are perhaps more popular in Kuwait than anywhere else abroad.
The fame and infamy of the Goan diaspora here is mainly due to Kuwait’s laissez-faire access of the internet made easy by relaxed charges even on ADSL lines.
When I first landed in ’99, there were few who could distinguish between an explorer and a browser, hotmail and email, homepage and a webpage, Search Engines and E-Greetings. Very few could be seen using computers in their homes other than offices. Now, even kids play around with sophisticated softwares and gadgets on the PCs. And ofcourse, using the Internet has become an ‘essential’ necessity to stay ‘connected’ -- with some people having more friends on the Internet than in real life.
People in Kuwait are ‘shockingly’ so advanced and bright, that, anyone who has access to internet thinks they can write as good as Salman Rushdie and with the same fire as Rajan Narayan. End result – every news item/posting on the net is seen debated and deliberated.
There are ‘views’ and ‘opinions’ from different individuals about anything that happens in Kuwait. People who otherwise wouldn't reply to an email of their own dear ones find ample time to write what they think are ‘intelligent’ and ‘ideological’ thoughts. It is only when their idiotic ideas are being pointed out by some of the world’s firebrand Goan brains that they wish they had never been on the net.
But then, the agitated souls sit quiet only for a while. Then they are back on their heads with their ‘aristocratic’ ideas which may not be linked to any ‘current’ news, subject or activity.
Some friends and newcomers in Kuwait who are regular readers of Goan scramblings on the net posed me some of the following questions. Perhaps the answers are quite juvenile considering the seriousness of some subjects, but then, the effort is just another ‘aimless shooting’ to force my way into a ‘pliable’ controversy. Everyone is free to correct, impugn, dispute, debate or add a few more answers.
Newton’s Law for social functions and dance Nites in Kuwait:
Q. I’ve heard that the sound system for dance Nites is more expensive in Kuwait than even the main bands?
A. Everyone knows that a band without a good sound is nothing but a reng-te-teng. Even for dramas, it is the sound that creates the ‘invigorating’ effect and sometimes ‘irritating-to-some-brains’ magic. This is a fact elsewhere in the world too. The real, non-electric music culture of Goa can be found only at ‘funeral’ bands now. That too might go ‘extinct’ once the old timers are ‘run-out’.
Q. Why are there dance contests at every dance nite?
A. Quite obvious -- everyone wants to compete and prove what great dancers they are; winning prizes is secondary, participation is a headline at home.
Q. What should be done about people who don’t dance, compete or even move their feet – the ones who sit-and-watch?
A. They should be denied entry. Or whenever you come across such folks give them a push to shake off their ‘inferior gravitational pull’ of Newton’s First Law on them. Newton’s First Law: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
Newton’s Law for dramas and tiatrs in Kuwait.
Q. Why are the best singers not so popular in Kuwait?
A. This is because they are never criticized ‘brusquely’ on the net?
Q. Why don’t you see non-acting tiatrists patronizing tiatrs?
A. They are scared the other tiatrist will shock them by singing about their life – that’s what every tiatrist does – sing about their mates – atleast one song of this type in every ‘other’ tiatr.
Q. Why are 'Super-hit Flop' shows hailed as super hits or never criticized as flops on the net?
A. Criticism is taken as ‘kurnatkai’ this part of the world. Kuwait tiatrist never believe in criticism, many think they are professionals. Those ‘days’ are not in Kuwait when an actor/director used to improve upon their flaws based purely on criticism.
Q. Why don’t the best stories win first prizes at one act play competitions?
A. Stories don’t matter much here. It’s the ‘other-side-of-the-story’ that ‘counts’ for judges who sit around calculating on complicated spreadsheets. Judges are too occupied ‘counting’ to pay attention to the storyline. Even a play with an Oscar winning story line may end up last if it doesn’t have a good stage setting, costumes & lighting to impress the judges; while a ‘meaningless’ play with super stage decor can walk away ‘Best Play’.
Q. They say the best Tiatrists are in Kuwait. Why is it then, that there are more crowds for shows of visiting troupes?
A. Haven’t you heard, ‘a saint is never hailed in his own land?’.., visiting troupes, however, is a whole other ‘issue’. Lets talk about them some other time. Talk Kuwait.
Q. What is this ‘To aslear hanv Nam’ phrase among Kuwait Tiatrist?
A. It’s a game played ‘between’ just one person at a time. Two individuals cannot play this game together like in boxing, they play independently – one at a time. The game is more popular with the spectators (audience & readers) rather than the actual players concerned. It is made increasingly popular by some espousing ‘Vectors’ either side of the players.
Q. What’s the duration of this game? Who won it last?
A. Nobody has won it actually. The players think they can win if they accelerate more during ‘plays’, unfortunately they don’t - they always end up losers. People who applause this game are the biggest losers. Watch out ! The game is catching up fast in other parts of the Konkani world as well.
Q. Who are the winners then?
A. No one. It is EQUAL so far, it will remain equal till the players realize how foolish they are to play a game that makes them lose their ‘noble worth’ and never can give a victory. The winners, however, are always the ones who read about this game, elsewhere other than in Kuwait. Funny, isn’t it? Anyway, the game will continue for a while till better sense prevails...
Q. Is there any law (rules) for this game?
A. This game follows just one law -- Newton’s Second Law that states: The relationship between an object's mass ‘m’, its acceleration ‘a’, and the applied force ‘F’ is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors. In this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.
Newton’s Law for football and Internet.
Q. Why are blunders committed by referees in every other match?
A. Referees commit mistakes anywhere in the world but it is only in Kuwait these are seen as blunders – that too only by the losing teams. Check with any of the winners and get back to me.
Q. Why is Mr. X made the Chief Guest? Does he know football as much as me?
A. I bet they should make you the chief guest in future. But then, aren’t you broke every weekend? Our clubs run because of some of these guests. They are our main supporters, sponsors and well wishers. What are you? The organizers will have to send a car to fetch you from home first thing...and then... forget it..
Q. Why just one prize – a man of the match award given and rest all prizes kept for the organizers?
A. This is not very often though. But it is to make the players realize that the organizers are more important than the game. There won’t be no competition without the organizing clubs.
Q. Why are photos of the winning teams NOT published in the media?
A. Usually they are published. But it is not part of the tournament agreement with the clubs to publish their photos. Teams have no right to question.
Q. Why only trophies are given, why not cash prizes in football?
A. Cash prizes, ofcourse, are forbidden by the Islamic law (nothing related to Newton’s law though). Players, however, earn enough from their clubs with some clubs paying handsomely or providing return tickets even at the cost of more deserving club members; trophies remain as the necessary souvenirs. You must see the chaos created at some games for want of these trophies though; having cash prizes will require the games to be moved to Baghdad’s tight security ‘Green Zone’.
Q. Why are there no comments on the net by players and captains?
A. Isn’t that an awful question? Even Churchill can answer that. ‘There will be comments on the net only if the ball passes through the net.’ That happened for a record one time in Kuwait – ball passing between the goalpost and through the net was given a goal kick.
Q. Can anyone write anything on anyone on the net from Kuwait? If it was in Goa, these kind of ‘reprobates’ would be caught and tied to a coconut tree.
A. Well, there are no coconut trees here and nobody has guts to misuse the palm trees available, they are owned by the Sheikh.
Q. Why are petty happenings in Kuwait floundered on all other world forums? And then shamelessly debated and circulated? Can’t this be finished off with verbal confrontations within Kuwait?
A. Well, it is eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, kick for a kick, word for a word, dialogue for a dialogue, song for a song, and email for an email – the most followed policy here is Newton’s THIRD Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Cheers..!
-gasper crasto
Kuwait
http://gaspersworld.tripod.com/
The fame and infamy of the Goan diaspora here is mainly due to Kuwait’s laissez-faire access of the internet made easy by relaxed charges even on ADSL lines.
When I first landed in ’99, there were few who could distinguish between an explorer and a browser, hotmail and email, homepage and a webpage, Search Engines and E-Greetings. Very few could be seen using computers in their homes other than offices. Now, even kids play around with sophisticated softwares and gadgets on the PCs. And ofcourse, using the Internet has become an ‘essential’ necessity to stay ‘connected’ -- with some people having more friends on the Internet than in real life.
People in Kuwait are ‘shockingly’ so advanced and bright, that, anyone who has access to internet thinks they can write as good as Salman Rushdie and with the same fire as Rajan Narayan. End result – every news item/posting on the net is seen debated and deliberated.
There are ‘views’ and ‘opinions’ from different individuals about anything that happens in Kuwait. People who otherwise wouldn't reply to an email of their own dear ones find ample time to write what they think are ‘intelligent’ and ‘ideological’ thoughts. It is only when their idiotic ideas are being pointed out by some of the world’s firebrand Goan brains that they wish they had never been on the net.
But then, the agitated souls sit quiet only for a while. Then they are back on their heads with their ‘aristocratic’ ideas which may not be linked to any ‘current’ news, subject or activity.
Some friends and newcomers in Kuwait who are regular readers of Goan scramblings on the net posed me some of the following questions. Perhaps the answers are quite juvenile considering the seriousness of some subjects, but then, the effort is just another ‘aimless shooting’ to force my way into a ‘pliable’ controversy. Everyone is free to correct, impugn, dispute, debate or add a few more answers.
Newton’s Law for social functions and dance Nites in Kuwait:
Q. I’ve heard that the sound system for dance Nites is more expensive in Kuwait than even the main bands?
A. Everyone knows that a band without a good sound is nothing but a reng-te-teng. Even for dramas, it is the sound that creates the ‘invigorating’ effect and sometimes ‘irritating-to-some-brains’ magic. This is a fact elsewhere in the world too. The real, non-electric music culture of Goa can be found only at ‘funeral’ bands now. That too might go ‘extinct’ once the old timers are ‘run-out’.
Q. Why are there dance contests at every dance nite?
A. Quite obvious -- everyone wants to compete and prove what great dancers they are; winning prizes is secondary, participation is a headline at home.
Q. What should be done about people who don’t dance, compete or even move their feet – the ones who sit-and-watch?
A. They should be denied entry. Or whenever you come across such folks give them a push to shake off their ‘inferior gravitational pull’ of Newton’s First Law on them. Newton’s First Law: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
Newton’s Law for dramas and tiatrs in Kuwait.
Q. Why are the best singers not so popular in Kuwait?
A. This is because they are never criticized ‘brusquely’ on the net?
Q. Why don’t you see non-acting tiatrists patronizing tiatrs?
A. They are scared the other tiatrist will shock them by singing about their life – that’s what every tiatrist does – sing about their mates – atleast one song of this type in every ‘other’ tiatr.
Q. Why are 'Super-hit Flop' shows hailed as super hits or never criticized as flops on the net?
A. Criticism is taken as ‘kurnatkai’ this part of the world. Kuwait tiatrist never believe in criticism, many think they are professionals. Those ‘days’ are not in Kuwait when an actor/director used to improve upon their flaws based purely on criticism.
Q. Why don’t the best stories win first prizes at one act play competitions?
A. Stories don’t matter much here. It’s the ‘other-side-of-the-story’ that ‘counts’ for judges who sit around calculating on complicated spreadsheets. Judges are too occupied ‘counting’ to pay attention to the storyline. Even a play with an Oscar winning story line may end up last if it doesn’t have a good stage setting, costumes & lighting to impress the judges; while a ‘meaningless’ play with super stage decor can walk away ‘Best Play’.
Q. They say the best Tiatrists are in Kuwait. Why is it then, that there are more crowds for shows of visiting troupes?
A. Haven’t you heard, ‘a saint is never hailed in his own land?’.., visiting troupes, however, is a whole other ‘issue’. Lets talk about them some other time. Talk Kuwait.
Q. What is this ‘To aslear hanv Nam’ phrase among Kuwait Tiatrist?
A. It’s a game played ‘between’ just one person at a time. Two individuals cannot play this game together like in boxing, they play independently – one at a time. The game is more popular with the spectators (audience & readers) rather than the actual players concerned. It is made increasingly popular by some espousing ‘Vectors’ either side of the players.
Q. What’s the duration of this game? Who won it last?
A. Nobody has won it actually. The players think they can win if they accelerate more during ‘plays’, unfortunately they don’t - they always end up losers. People who applause this game are the biggest losers. Watch out ! The game is catching up fast in other parts of the Konkani world as well.
Q. Who are the winners then?
A. No one. It is EQUAL so far, it will remain equal till the players realize how foolish they are to play a game that makes them lose their ‘noble worth’ and never can give a victory. The winners, however, are always the ones who read about this game, elsewhere other than in Kuwait. Funny, isn’t it? Anyway, the game will continue for a while till better sense prevails...
Q. Is there any law (rules) for this game?
A. This game follows just one law -- Newton’s Second Law that states: The relationship between an object's mass ‘m’, its acceleration ‘a’, and the applied force ‘F’ is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors. In this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.
Newton’s Law for football and Internet.
Q. Why are blunders committed by referees in every other match?
A. Referees commit mistakes anywhere in the world but it is only in Kuwait these are seen as blunders – that too only by the losing teams. Check with any of the winners and get back to me.
Q. Why is Mr. X made the Chief Guest? Does he know football as much as me?
A. I bet they should make you the chief guest in future. But then, aren’t you broke every weekend? Our clubs run because of some of these guests. They are our main supporters, sponsors and well wishers. What are you? The organizers will have to send a car to fetch you from home first thing...and then... forget it..
Q. Why just one prize – a man of the match award given and rest all prizes kept for the organizers?
A. This is not very often though. But it is to make the players realize that the organizers are more important than the game. There won’t be no competition without the organizing clubs.
Q. Why are photos of the winning teams NOT published in the media?
A. Usually they are published. But it is not part of the tournament agreement with the clubs to publish their photos. Teams have no right to question.
Q. Why only trophies are given, why not cash prizes in football?
A. Cash prizes, ofcourse, are forbidden by the Islamic law (nothing related to Newton’s law though). Players, however, earn enough from their clubs with some clubs paying handsomely or providing return tickets even at the cost of more deserving club members; trophies remain as the necessary souvenirs. You must see the chaos created at some games for want of these trophies though; having cash prizes will require the games to be moved to Baghdad’s tight security ‘Green Zone’.
Q. Why are there no comments on the net by players and captains?
A. Isn’t that an awful question? Even Churchill can answer that. ‘There will be comments on the net only if the ball passes through the net.’ That happened for a record one time in Kuwait – ball passing between the goalpost and through the net was given a goal kick.
Q. Can anyone write anything on anyone on the net from Kuwait? If it was in Goa, these kind of ‘reprobates’ would be caught and tied to a coconut tree.
A. Well, there are no coconut trees here and nobody has guts to misuse the palm trees available, they are owned by the Sheikh.
Q. Why are petty happenings in Kuwait floundered on all other world forums? And then shamelessly debated and circulated? Can’t this be finished off with verbal confrontations within Kuwait?
A. Well, it is eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, kick for a kick, word for a word, dialogue for a dialogue, song for a song, and email for an email – the most followed policy here is Newton’s THIRD Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Cheers..!
-gasper crasto
Kuwait
http://gaspersworld.tripod.com/
Thought for the week:
"On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog." -gaspersWorld
"On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog." -gaspersWorld
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