All the activities indicated in part 1 of this article were initiated and organized by the elder Kuwait Goans including myself. This category of elder Goans is now coming to an end in Kuwait. I and few of my colleagues are the last vestiges of the old Goa lover Goans still surviving in Kuwait now. Once this generation is finished either thru retirement or thru death, there will be no activity in Kuwait for the cause of Goa and Goans because the current crop of new comers and those who are born and brought up in Kuwait is not much interested in Goa and Goan causes. Many of them are not even interested in returning back to Goa, they are crazy for getting Portuguese Passports and settling down in the West even by doing menial jobs and facing slavery. They are Western oriented and showy Goans. Many of them feel ashamed to identify themselves as Goans. Some of them have already changed their Goan surname FernandeS into Spanish style FernandeZ giving a fake impression that they are of Spanish origin, they feel low to identify themselves as Goans. These Goans are suffering from anchestral and family inferiority complex and they lack educational and intellectual background to be proud of Goan. They are of very backward Goan origin in Goa belonging to hoi-polloi background.
My regret is this that currently our activities, organizations and leadership are gone into the hands of selfish Goans. Almost everybody is interested in self promotion and money. Goan Welfare Society’s fund meant to spend for the benefit of Kuwait Goans is kept into the personal account of three office bearers against all norms and rules and worst part of it is that like ‘Ghantta Boil’ most of the members agree to this. This shows the quality of our Goans to work upright and to fight for justice. The very person accused of demanding Sex from Goan females for jobs is holding the reins of our Society. He is not even ashamed to move in Goan society and shameless Goans supporting him must be even doling their wives to this Sex crazy president. Moreover, many of our associations are gone into the hands of Drunkards, one of whom cannot even stand properly on his own two legs inspite of having Walking Stick as his third leg. It is a shame to have such Goans ruling our associations elected by equally drunkard members under the influence of ‘Soro’.
The current Goans will do nothing in life for others and for society. They are brought up in selfishness to think and to act selfish because they are influenced by Bharati Ghantti selfish culture since Goa from December 1961 has already become Bharati -ised and Ghantti-ised. Many of them are academically educated but lacking in wisdom and intellectual power. They will only make money for them and boast of their financial empire which finally they will leave behind and go to the graves as forgotten human beings. Even their children will not remember them to pray for their souls when they die.
The current generation wants only self publicity for this reason they are licking the shoes of the visiting Goan politicians. Many of these Kuwait Goans are so intellectually bankrupt that they will even dole their wives and daughters to the visiting anti-Goan corrupt politicians provided they get opportunities to click their photos with these corrupt Goan politicians. I cannot understand the logic behind some of our fake leaders to invite corrupt, anti-Goan and anti-Kuwait politicians to Kuwait. What these politicians have done for the cause of Kuwait to adore them as heroes? What these politicians have done for us Goans? They are all selfish and for such selfish to adore means adoring Lucifer. Only shameless Kuwait Goans will give preferential treatment to corrupt Goan politicians who when we are in Goa will not even look at us inspite of our welcoming them to Kuwait. In Goa when they are on the strength of their official and ministerial status they are acting like Maharajas, some of them by forgetting even their shabby past. The biggest ‘Beiman’ among Goans are the politicians and the way their ‘Beimanponn’ I have noticed none other in the Gulf has noticed. In the past I have given enough of welcome for some of them in Kuwait and supported fabulously many of them in the promotion of their political career but in the end they showed ‘Beimanponn’ not on me but on the cause of Goa, Goans, Konkani and Kuwait for which I am fighting from Kuwait for so long with the help of my colleagues minus the shameless Kuwait based "chamchas" of Goan politicians. Goans in Kuwait must boycott all those fake leaders, their clubs, soccer teams and their associations welcoming and honouring crook Goan politicians. And if Kuwait Goans are real sons and real daughters of their real fathers then they will implement this boycott.
Those Kuwait Goans who are on forefront to welcome coupt Goan politicians in Kuwait even to the extent of collecting funds for their elections back at home are of very low quality intellectually. They were rejected in Goa by the qualitative society. Their parents and grand parents were not allowed even an entry into the ‘Balcao’ of the then Goan ‘Regidor’ and later on they were not allowed entry even into the Panchayat Ghar. Hence, these Goans are suffering from psychological humiliation and to overcome this humiliation they associate with corrupt Goan politicians acquiring a psychological feeling that they are now become aristocrats. My foot!! Such Goans will never improve by associating with corrupt Goan politicians who are worst than prostitutes. They are responsible for all the ills that are happening in Goa. They want to implant their corruption among us in Kuwait too. Intelligent Kuwait Goans must take note of it and make them aware that Kuwait Goans in general are not cheap and not bribable commodities like their chamchas in Kuwait. If we allow these corrupt Goan politicians in Kuwait, they will surely destroy our fabric. Visiting Kuwait regularly means something is cooking in their minds. Voting Rights for NRI is in the offing. Demand for acquiring Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Centre is also coming to impress upon Kuwaitis that they are the makers of the movement in Goa in support of the liberation of Kuwait. Let this be on record again that none of the visiting Goan politicians, not even their family members associated in our movement in Goa for the cause of Kuwait's liberation. Not only that, none of the Kuwait Goans whose photos appeared in the media along with corrupt politicians supported Kuwait during the invasion of Kuwait when we were doing so many activities for the cause of Kuwait. These Kuwait Goans are not patriotic to Kuwait.
We the ageing elder and senior Goans created a very good base for our youngsters and new comers to Kuwait to work for Goa and Goan causes but these youngsters and new comers including my nearest and dearest are destroying this base. This is the big tragedy.
CONCLUDED.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
June 20, 2010
CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR KUWAIT GOANS FOR GOAN CAUSES - I.
In his article in this forum on June 14, 2010, well-known Goan writer Freddy Agnelo Fernandes from Dubai, UAE, whose writings are admired by the readers all over the Goan world, writes the following:
QUOTE “In my earlier days in the Gulf I use to admire the unity and the efforts of our Kuwaiti Goans towards Goa's causes, they had strongly supported the Konkanni movement, among all the Goans in the Gulf, the Kuwaiti Goans were the ones who projected Goa in the Gulf with our culture and our mother tongue. Of late I have been very disappointed with them because even after witnessing the woes in Goa created by our corrupt politicians they still seem to have adulation for these monsters of corruption and depravity and are facilitating them at the drop of the hat, sometime back both Mickky and Churchill were given the honours and I have just heard that there is a football tournament in the name of the other Almeao, who is running illegal mining in Goa. I plead to you my dear UAE and Kuwaiti Goans, please stop this sacrilege towards Goa and Goans, boycott our present politicians, we should be out for their blood and not to facilitate them, they are the cause of all our misfortunes in Goa.
UAE Goans please for the love of Goa show our solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Goa – Boycott this Tiatr if Churchill is invited as Chief Guest” UNQUOTE.
The contributions of Kuwait Goans for the cause of Goa and Goans was indeed great. No expatriate Goans has done as much as Kuwait Goans have done for the cause of Goa and Goans. The earlier Goans who came to Kuwait for employment came with a vision to do something for Goa and Goans and in that category of visionary Goans all my colleagues fall. We belonged to the category of intellectual Goans and precisely because of this gift we deprived so many facilities for us and for our families and instead devoted ourselves, our energy, our finance, our intelligence and our other resources more for the cause of Goa or Goans. Three decades back me and many of my colleagues in our activities landed in Kuwait and immediately we embarked on our movement for the cause of Goa. My first initiative was for Konkani in 1975 where I was fully supported by my colleagues and also by senior Goans who were in Kuwait much before me. Though they had no dynamism, motivation, capacity and know-how to initiate Konkani movement from Kuwait yet they had great hearts to support us in our movement and finally we succeeded because of the total support of all Kuwait Goans.
As a matter of interest, if Konkani movement gained strength and success in Goa it was only because of the strong financial support from Kuwait Goans. No individual person in Goa, however mighty he may be now, can claim sole credit for himself for the success of Konkani movement in Goa unless he is the robber robbing the credit of others. Many of the people involved in Konkani movement in Goa finally gained benefits thru political and other platforms while we Kuwait Goans having done so much for the cause of Konkani from outside Goa and in a difficult situation have not gained any such personal benefits and we never aspired for same either.
Novem Goem Daily was our first successful movement from Kuwait. Then there was our another initiative 26 years back when we formed KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDR to help the cause of Konkani. KKK is the only such organization formed by Goans anywhere in the expatriate Goan World. The work of KKK in the promotion of Konkani language, Goan Culture, Goan Tradition and Goan History was immense. It will require volumes to describe here the work of KKK. This success of KKK came only because of the total dedication with sincerity of all the KKK members.
Then came our strong support for KPA movement in Goa. All Konkani activities we supported from Kuwait were thru our financial assistance. Besides, we supported financially so many Konkani activities including Konkani Martyrs Fund Collection. We also organized activities for promoting and supporting Mando Festivals in Kuwait and in Goa, also other Konkani related movements including donations for Churches, Convents, Chapels including Fr. Freddy’s Gulab.
For the promotion of Tiatro in Kuwait, we did tremendously well and put a strong base for this great Konkani art. We did this not to make money for us personally but to keep this art alive and firm in Kuwait. Unfortunately, under the cunning leadership of Jose Rod and supported by all his cunning colleagues there appeared division among us, in Kuwait. Jose Rod and his colleague initiated destructive ideas of discriminating against their own Tiatrist colleague. The formation of Tiatristanchi Sonvstha was to destroy the art of Tiatro in Kuwait but finally it failed.
Then came Kuwait Goans financial support for Goa Cancer Hospital which is now shelved by the initiators in Goa making us regret for funding it to the tune of around 20 lakhs of Indian rupees, about 30 years back. We gave financial donation to have Cancer Hospital of Goans in Goa but when money went out from our hands as donation, the recipients did what they felt good for them by ignoring our wish.
The another dynamic initiative of Kuwait Goans was the establishment of Gulf Goans Hotels Company where as its monument we have constructed an ‘A’ grade Hotel ‘Goan Heritage’ on a huge plot at Calangute Ghauravaddo where so many Goans are working and gaining their livelihood there.
Then we started our campaign for the direct flight from Dabolim to Kuwait and vice versa. No doubt especial committee was selected to oversee its work under Vincente D’Souza the then president of Kuwait Goan Association yet I worked tirelessly along with others. In this work I organized a Tiatro of director Vincey to raise fund for the expenses for this work, all tiatrists acted free of charge. Later on I used my personal influence thru Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center to personally impress upon Ghulam Azad Nabi – Aviation Minister of India who finally made our direct flight a reality. Direct Flight from Kuwait to Goa was the first in the Gulf. The benefit of this success is now enjoyed by all Goans.
Then we formed Konkani Heritage Kuwait thru which we also helped repatriation of Goan and Konkani maids sheltered at Safe House in India Embassy by giving these maids free Air Tickets from Kuwait to back at their homes.
Earlier we worked very hard to start, promote and flourish our competitive soccer at Kuwait Sour Ground because of which we Goans got so many benefits. United Goans Football Center deserves full credit for establishing this activity in 1979 where directly and indirectly I played my role too in its promotion.
We also formed Kuwait Goan Welfare Society to help our needy Goans where lakhs of Indian rupees fund has been collected. The main aim of this Society was to help the needy Goans in Kuwait.
TO BE CONCLUDED.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
QUOTE “In my earlier days in the Gulf I use to admire the unity and the efforts of our Kuwaiti Goans towards Goa's causes, they had strongly supported the Konkanni movement, among all the Goans in the Gulf, the Kuwaiti Goans were the ones who projected Goa in the Gulf with our culture and our mother tongue. Of late I have been very disappointed with them because even after witnessing the woes in Goa created by our corrupt politicians they still seem to have adulation for these monsters of corruption and depravity and are facilitating them at the drop of the hat, sometime back both Mickky and Churchill were given the honours and I have just heard that there is a football tournament in the name of the other Almeao, who is running illegal mining in Goa. I plead to you my dear UAE and Kuwaiti Goans, please stop this sacrilege towards Goa and Goans, boycott our present politicians, we should be out for their blood and not to facilitate them, they are the cause of all our misfortunes in Goa.
UAE Goans please for the love of Goa show our solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Goa – Boycott this Tiatr if Churchill is invited as Chief Guest” UNQUOTE.
The contributions of Kuwait Goans for the cause of Goa and Goans was indeed great. No expatriate Goans has done as much as Kuwait Goans have done for the cause of Goa and Goans. The earlier Goans who came to Kuwait for employment came with a vision to do something for Goa and Goans and in that category of visionary Goans all my colleagues fall. We belonged to the category of intellectual Goans and precisely because of this gift we deprived so many facilities for us and for our families and instead devoted ourselves, our energy, our finance, our intelligence and our other resources more for the cause of Goa or Goans. Three decades back me and many of my colleagues in our activities landed in Kuwait and immediately we embarked on our movement for the cause of Goa. My first initiative was for Konkani in 1975 where I was fully supported by my colleagues and also by senior Goans who were in Kuwait much before me. Though they had no dynamism, motivation, capacity and know-how to initiate Konkani movement from Kuwait yet they had great hearts to support us in our movement and finally we succeeded because of the total support of all Kuwait Goans.
As a matter of interest, if Konkani movement gained strength and success in Goa it was only because of the strong financial support from Kuwait Goans. No individual person in Goa, however mighty he may be now, can claim sole credit for himself for the success of Konkani movement in Goa unless he is the robber robbing the credit of others. Many of the people involved in Konkani movement in Goa finally gained benefits thru political and other platforms while we Kuwait Goans having done so much for the cause of Konkani from outside Goa and in a difficult situation have not gained any such personal benefits and we never aspired for same either.
Novem Goem Daily was our first successful movement from Kuwait. Then there was our another initiative 26 years back when we formed KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDR to help the cause of Konkani. KKK is the only such organization formed by Goans anywhere in the expatriate Goan World. The work of KKK in the promotion of Konkani language, Goan Culture, Goan Tradition and Goan History was immense. It will require volumes to describe here the work of KKK. This success of KKK came only because of the total dedication with sincerity of all the KKK members.
Then came our strong support for KPA movement in Goa. All Konkani activities we supported from Kuwait were thru our financial assistance. Besides, we supported financially so many Konkani activities including Konkani Martyrs Fund Collection. We also organized activities for promoting and supporting Mando Festivals in Kuwait and in Goa, also other Konkani related movements including donations for Churches, Convents, Chapels including Fr. Freddy’s Gulab.
For the promotion of Tiatro in Kuwait, we did tremendously well and put a strong base for this great Konkani art. We did this not to make money for us personally but to keep this art alive and firm in Kuwait. Unfortunately, under the cunning leadership of Jose Rod and supported by all his cunning colleagues there appeared division among us, in Kuwait. Jose Rod and his colleague initiated destructive ideas of discriminating against their own Tiatrist colleague. The formation of Tiatristanchi Sonvstha was to destroy the art of Tiatro in Kuwait but finally it failed.
Then came Kuwait Goans financial support for Goa Cancer Hospital which is now shelved by the initiators in Goa making us regret for funding it to the tune of around 20 lakhs of Indian rupees, about 30 years back. We gave financial donation to have Cancer Hospital of Goans in Goa but when money went out from our hands as donation, the recipients did what they felt good for them by ignoring our wish.
The another dynamic initiative of Kuwait Goans was the establishment of Gulf Goans Hotels Company where as its monument we have constructed an ‘A’ grade Hotel ‘Goan Heritage’ on a huge plot at Calangute Ghauravaddo where so many Goans are working and gaining their livelihood there.
Then we started our campaign for the direct flight from Dabolim to Kuwait and vice versa. No doubt especial committee was selected to oversee its work under Vincente D’Souza the then president of Kuwait Goan Association yet I worked tirelessly along with others. In this work I organized a Tiatro of director Vincey to raise fund for the expenses for this work, all tiatrists acted free of charge. Later on I used my personal influence thru Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center to personally impress upon Ghulam Azad Nabi – Aviation Minister of India who finally made our direct flight a reality. Direct Flight from Kuwait to Goa was the first in the Gulf. The benefit of this success is now enjoyed by all Goans.
Then we formed Konkani Heritage Kuwait thru which we also helped repatriation of Goan and Konkani maids sheltered at Safe House in India Embassy by giving these maids free Air Tickets from Kuwait to back at their homes.
Earlier we worked very hard to start, promote and flourish our competitive soccer at Kuwait Sour Ground because of which we Goans got so many benefits. United Goans Football Center deserves full credit for establishing this activity in 1979 where directly and indirectly I played my role too in its promotion.
We also formed Kuwait Goan Welfare Society to help our needy Goans where lakhs of Indian rupees fund has been collected. The main aim of this Society was to help the needy Goans in Kuwait.
TO BE CONCLUDED.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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