Your article on the subject is very much appreciative and of the need of the hour. I was interested to read what Prof. James has responded to you over your discussion with him. Nevertheless, your argument over the Freedom Fighters not coming forward in support of Anna Hazere is very much right and justified. Your further mention about the so called Freedom Fighters being involved in robberies and other criminal activities is also believable. Because, many of them were in prison for various other offenses than the freedom related during the time Goa was liberated from Portuguese rulers.
Besides, these so called freedom fighters have no other motive now than haterage towards Christians. The other motive is only to beg pension from Goa Govt. while a fight for freedom is a sacrifice these freedom fighters made it as a business only to beg pension. A real & honest Freedom fighter will honor his fight as a great sacrifice to his State and would never claim a reward thus making it as a payment for his fighting. And after all what kind of fight they must have put which is that worth? I am sure the real Freedom fighters must have never listed themseles to claim any reward for their heroic sacrifice.
And what kind of support they will give to Anna Hazare? They themselves may be one of these listed in the corruption list otherwise they should have been the first one to come on to the streets to fight the corruption considering their fight for freedom of Goa is never to lead Goa in to corruption. Today they should have been No. one enemy of Politicians who are looting Goa left and right, they say they have fought for freedom, for not having come forward to fight against the corruption, i am sure they too share the loot along with our Politicians in Goa.
It is always less the more we comment over our Goa's so called Freedom Fighters.
Regarding you Veronica, I must admit openly that your articles in goa-kranti are creating excellent results. There is nobody in our community any where in the expatriate world who writes the way you write. Your articles are full of wisdom, history, reality and matter. You should carry on with your campaign from kranti for the betterment of our community because you are the only such person who can do so.
By associating with you in Kuwait I know your activities are excellent for the cause. You are a charismatic figure among Goans in Kuwait , people even your adversaries support you because you are straight man, you never involved in cheating, you were never dismissed from any association for doing mschief, you have never misappropriated fund of any association, you are not a drunkard and bove all you are a nice family man never involved in keeping a concubine. I know in Kuwait the so called prominents are known to cheat their wives by keeping concubines and who they are you know very well.
Keep up the good work.
Regards.
Elvino.
2011/8/24 A. Veronica Fernandes
G O A
--No plans in this revolution are written for retreat--
August 24, 2011
WHERE ARE GOAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS NOW?
Prof. James from Assonora Bardez was my professor at Xavier’s College, Goa. He was a brilliant English teacher whose every lecture was a great lesson for the students. During Portuguese time he was a great Goan Christian freedom fighter who faced imprisonment and beatings from the Portuguese Agente. A few years back when I was on my vacation in Goa, I met him at the residence of Rangel Bastora, at Bastora Bardez where while on discussion on Goan political scene, I asked him this question: “Professor James, don’t you feel guilty to see the sad state of affairs Goa is undergoing now? What was your purpose to fight for Goa's freedom? Just to drive away the Portuguese out of Goa and leave Goa into the hands of these current corrupt politician rogues?”. Then I went a step further and accused the genuine Goan freedom fighters for keeping their silence on the corruption that is going on in Goa because they freedom fighters are quiet and watching everything as silent observers, adding further that they have to fight for one more freedom for Goa from these rogue politicians otherwise their sacrifices for the genuine cause of Goa will go waste....
