On 19th December 1961 Goa was not liberated by India but on 19th December 1961 Goa was robbed by India. The process of robbing of my immaculate Goa was started by Indian Army on 17th of December 1961 and finished on 19th December 1961. 19th December should be marked by the genuine Goans as the day of ROBBERY OF GOA by India and the young and new generations of Goans should be told that Goa was robbed by India on 19th December and not liberated. If it was liberated, India would have withdrawn from Goa by handing over the reins of Goa into the hands of Goans only just as India did in Bangladesh. Even in its landmark judgement on Goa the Supreme Court of India does not say that Goa was liberated because Supreme Court is manned by great learned judges who knew the real meaning of liberation.
In early thirties the new edition of Oxford Dictionary gave the meaning of a Jew as Dirt because rightly or wrongly Jews were considered as dirty in character. Seeing Indian Raj and system during the last so many years I can rightly say India means dirt, dirty in politics, dirty in administration, dirty in discipline, dirty in morality and dirty in almost everything compared to everything Goan. Our character is high, morality is superb and administration under Portuguese was excellent. In India rogues, criminals, rapists and other such rascals are allowed to become lawmakers and these lawmakers what good will they do for the country? Because such rascals are ruling India law breakers are acting like owners of India who got no fear of law. Indian Raj is a Raj of “Chor” where rascals only ruling by bending the rules. The Indian administrators and politicians are looting the nation thereby robbing the quota meant for the poor and regrettably almost everybody accepts it openly or silently.
During Portuguese time there was fear of law which was ably manned by able and discipline persons. There was life safety and security. One village Regidor was alone controlling the law and order system and other administrative affairs of the village. He was appointed by the government on the basis of his integrity, educational and family background and above al on his uright character.
After the exit of Portuguese from Goa there is lot of development in Goa and it is a fact but if India had not to grab Goa the progress and development in Goa would have been much more and much higher. The Delhi Raj is a Maharaja Raj where third class politicians dictate the terms for Goa without properly knowing what is good and what is bad for Goans. These Delhi Babus want to turn Goa into a pleasure center for their enjoyment.
While all sorts of injustices are going on from Indian raj, to my surprise none of the freedom fighters raises his voice against these injustices. Today we are suffering the disease of Indianisation in Goa partly because of our freedom fighters who have no marbles in their Underwear to tell Indian government "to get out from Goa, we want our Goa in our hands", otherwise surrender their Tamrapatras and Pensions as a mark of protest. Do our freedom fighters got the guts to do this? These freedom fighters some of whom were first class “Chor” and murderers during the Portuguese rule in Goa have sold their conscience to Indian government for the sake of Tamrapatras and Pensions.
Hitler had prepared his plan in advance how to administer the world affairs once he wins the war. He was very clever in this aspect. But our Goan freedom fighters have not done such a plan because they had no vision what to do for Goa once the Portuguse are ousted. Like fools they embarked on freedom movement. By shouting slogans like "Salazar Murdabad and Nehru Zindabad" one does not become a freedom fighter.
My question to Goan freedom fighters is this: “did you suffer prison terms and harsh punishment from Portuguese to see Goa giving into the hands of Indian rogues? Did you suffer so much from the hands of Portuguese to see Goa reach to this miserable stage?” You fought against Portuguese colonialism but instead brought in another colonialism from India which is worse than the Portuguese colonialism. Portuguese colonialism brought lot of life security, decency and discipline in Goa but Indian colonialism brought in Goa every thing bad and this bad culture made Goa corrupt.
Some of the freedom fighters are on record to crave for the days during Portuguese rule in Goa and some of them have arranged Portuguese Passports for their children. What a shame it is!! these people will even lick the boots of Portuguese now for their benefit. This is the character of such Goan Freedom Fighters.
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A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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