The Goan Dilemma I can understand your dilemma of a lot of people in Goa when a lot of money is thrown at them to sell their ancestral lands, these money bags think, just because they have the money, they can buy everything and everyone. I salute the brave who have taken a stand and not sold their land even in the face of adversity. I wish we had more men and women like them. It’s sad indeed that we Goans have not yet woken up to the reality.
Lot of people ask a very valid question, why is Goa being turned into a concrete jungle without the required infrastructure ? All over Goa it’s the same state of affairs and activists and people are asking the same question, but get no answers. You find Kashmiris, Rajasthanis and ofcourse the rich Gujjus all over Goa, doing what they do best trying to buy everything and everyone with their money power and we Goans loose our bearing and gobble up what’s thrown at us. It’s us Goans who have been selling our ancestral lands, not the one’s we bought with our hard earned money but what has given to us as a legacy by our ancestors, words once spoken cannot be retrieved, what’s said is said, so is the land that is sold, once sold it’s gone. The destruction of our rich fields, ecology and our environment has been termed as development, but when asked development for whom ? They just seem to have amnesia.
During the Carmona mega housing agitation, Orlando was pushed against the wall, but fought and exposed, the self proclaimed man of the masses, Churchill Alemao, who went on to say that the activists and NGO’s were squealing like pigs, when they objected to the mega project, he further went on to call it a developmental project where Goans could work as watchmen, while he and his entire family became billionaires at the cost of Goa and Goans. The days when we could take a long relaxing walks on beaches without being hassled or without our path being blocked, by temporary or permanent structures, or even the beach beds or shacks, have long been gone. Today you see all filth, beggars, conmen, conwomen, junkies, thieves, peddlers and even rapists and murders laying siege to our once safe and beautiful beaches. Commercialism, corruption, unhealthy and unplanned tourism has been the cause of our misfortune.
There is yet a new breed of Goans that have popped up of late in different medias, professing the very old adage “if you can’t beat them join them” and are sing paeans of the corrupt politicians on different medias, thinking that they could change the carnivorous Hyenas into veggies and I am sure it will not be long before these guys get hooked to the carnivorous diet of the Hyenas themselves, if they have already not got the taste of it. Our corrupt politicians will not change unless we stop them by force, they will never listen to reason or goodwill, that good old dogma has been cast into the bin. It’s only the public outrage that can bring about a change and force the Hyenas into a veggie diet. I am happy that there are a lot more people and youngsters who want a change and are getting involved, the trail has been picked up and it won’t be long before the pose catches up with the renegades, that, will be the day of reckoning, the dawn of a new era. Hope we can be proud of our beloved Goa once again in this life time.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes,
Nuem, Cabo-de-Rama,
Goa,
Dubai, UAE.
Seen in the picture is A. Veronica Fernandes with the book.
In a function organised in Kuwait City by Kuwait Konknni Kendr, well-known journalist Daniel F. D'Souza's book "CHUN'NAM ANI KAN'DDAM" was released thru the hands of A. Veronica Fernandes - the founder of Kuwait Konknni Kendr. The function was attended by the members of KKK and their Konkani lover friends. 
