KONKANI BOOK RELEASED IN PANJIM.

 Pradeep Naik - Happy 50th Birthday

 

In the Tiatro circle, Pradeep Naik is the name and fame.   Among the tall Tiatrists he stands taller in performing any given role and this specialty of his is seen by the audience.  That being a Hindu he is so well known in the Tiatro world is his greatness.  In fact currently all the Hindu Tiiatrists are making a mark for themselves by their sheer high caliber.  Alexinho de Candolim carry the credit to introduce Hindu Tiatrists in his Tiatros, then came the giant among the Hindu Tatrists, Kamat de Assolna.  But the current giant among all the Hindu Tiatrists is Pradeep Naik a decent and well-mannered educated man employed at Art and Culture, Goa Government. He is the resident of Carambolim.

 Venue where function organized

 

On Christmas Day, i.e. 25^th of this month, Pradeep Naik celebrated his 50^th Birthday and the Minister and other dignitaries seated at the dais congratulated Praddep Naik for completing fifty years of his life.  The Chief Guest Minister for Art and Culture Dayananda Mandrencar also   complimented the author for writing this Book and wished him all success.

 

 

 Cover Page of the Book

 

One of the Guests of Honour was Pradeep’s Boss at Art and Culture, Prasad Loliencar who is the director of Art and Culture.  In his speech he praised Pradeep for his dedicated work in all the fields and concluded by saying that he was proud to have Pradeep under him as an employee of Art and Culture.  Similarly, another Guest of Honour Mr. Madkaikar, MLA spoke very high of Pradeep Naik and his work in the field of Dramas. Biku Nayak the man behind publishing of this book highlighted the salient characteristics of Pradeep Naik.  All the speakers praised the decent character of Pradeep Naik.  Miss Namrata compeered the proceedings in her mellifluent tongue.

 

 

 Back Cover

 

Rarely one can see in Goa in the Konkani circle such a well organized function having decent outlook and elite presentation.

 

In his speech the author Pradeep Naik gave some information of this book to make the audience aware of the contents.  He was fabulous in his words to shower MLA Madkaicar with most of the credit for his success in his life.

 

                        VIP's: Director of Art & Cult.-Minister Mandrecar-MLA Madkaicar

It was surprising that none from the Tiatrists world was present there neither any writer from the Romi script.  At least to my knowledge I did not see there anyone from these segments.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

   

 

 

 

GOA NETTERS MEET IN PANJIM.

 

Yesterday, 28^th of this month I attended as one of the invitees, the GOA NETTERS MEET held at Fundacao Oriente, Panjim, at 11.00 AM.  The meet was attended by members of the Goa Net from different parts of the world who  are currently in Goa. They discussed many topics of their choice regarding Goa.  Fred Noronha conducted the meet on behalf of Goa Net and he took lot of interest to co-ordinate with the members.  When this writer’s turn came to speak he spoke thus, referring to one of the female members from Bandodcar family who preferred to speak in Konkani: “Speaking on the importance of one’s mother tongue, Rabindranath Tagore said – One can reach into the sea of eternal understanding only thru one’s own mother tongue -  I am a Konkani lover, Konkani writer and Konkani speaker.  I too prefer to speak in Konkani but since some of the members may not be at ease  for not being good in Konkani, I will speak with the mixture of Konkani and English. 

 

                                             Fundacao Oriente Building in Panjim

I come from the village in Goa that gave birth to one of the greatest men of this planet, Abade Faria and also gave birth to the great  revolutionaries not only of Goa and of India but also of Asia who were the first people who fought for their  Freedom for their land from the colonialists. It is these people from Candolim Pintos Vaddo from where I come who showed the path for others too to fight for their freedom. The Roman Catholic Priests were the leading figures in this revolution who later on when caught by the Portuguese government were tortured, hanged and killed.  Abade Faria being one of the members of this group went to Portugal before he was caught but soon from Portugal he fled to France where he told this news of Pintos Revolution and its failure to the French Revolutionaries.  Then after French Revolution was born.   

I spoke then about my past in Goa, superb sporting activities and how I was involved in conducting  operation against GRD Tata at Sinquerim to force him to employ locals and Goans at the first 5 Star Hotel of Goa, the Taj.  This was the first revolt of Goans in Goa against multinational after the invasion of Goa by the Bharat Serkar.

One of the attendees entertain the gathering

 

 

Then I said that being the first among Goans, Goa Net should have been the mighty powerhouse by now but due to faulty policy of its Admin to entrust the task of moderating to a biased moderator, many Goans lost the taste of Goa Net.  Because of this Goa Net has lost its earlier importance. In fact I am searching for this moderator in the city with a Lighted Lantern in my hand during the day time when the sun is directly overheard, like that Greek Philosopher Diogenes.

Then I said how I sowed the seed of Konkani movement in Kuwait and how we from Kuwait helped develop Konkani movement culminating in the recognition of Konkani thus facilitating the granting of Statehood on Goa.  While we from Kuwait were supporting Konkani movement in Goa, worldwide Goa Netters were looking at us instead of their contribution  which was very imperative at that time.

 

                                              A section of the attendees

Finally I concluded saying not to sell their old houses to any Altu Faltu, not even your “Kombiancho Gudd” and for God sake not to gift any of your properties to the Church taking into consideration the policy of the Church to sell the gifted properties to our enemies, example Sale of Vanxim land by the Goa Church to the builder for unchristian purpose.

 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

 

KEEP ALIVE THE STRUGGLE OF FR. BISMARQ.

 

Reformist Martin Luther was the creation of the then Pope while Fr. Bismarq was the creation  of the current Bishop of Goa.  Martin Luther revolted against the Pope for selling Bulls for the remission of sins while Fr. Bismarq revolted against Bishop for selling Vanxim Land.  In both the cases, collecting of money in the name of furthering Church activities was the reason.  The money collected thru the sale of Bulls was to utilise for the construction of St. Peters Basilica in Rome while the money collected thru the sale of Vanxim property is to be utilized as per the information, to repair the Santa Monica Convent which is located at Old Goa among all the protected Church edifices.  Since these edifices are of historical importance, they fall under the jurisdiction of Archaelogical Department of India for their repairs and maintenance.  In view of this, it looks the purpose of Goa Church of collecting money for repairs of Santa Monica Convent is wrong.    

Goa  debate of selling Church land of Vanxim would not have been so much of noise making debate if it was not for the alleged murder of Fr. Bismarq who was opposing the Bishop very ferociously. In order to fight this case he even had to  sacrifice his priesthood when Bishop as given to understand Red Carded him from Priesthood.  It looks in his death Fr. Bismarq has become more powerful than when he was alive. Greek philosopher Socrates warned the authority of the consequences of his killing but his warning was ignored and worst has happened over the dead body of Socrates.  Fr. Bismarq also warned of similar  consequences but nobody paid attention resulting in launching a movement in Goa of exposing all the culprits involved directly and indirectly in this crime. The main exposures of the alleged murder of Bismarq are Goa Church, Goa government and the entire machinery of Goa government.

Bishop of Goa has made a big mistake by selling Church property against the Biblical and Canon Law instructions.  If the Vanxim land becomes operative in tourism development activities then Vaxim will not remain as original Vanxim but it will be converted into a Sin City.  Who will be responsible for the spreading of Sin in Vanxim?  Will it not be the Goa Church headed by Goa Bishop?  Surely he only whose  doctrine of eradicating Sin to help the souls to go to Heaven in a Christian principle will be defeated.  It will be a defeat for Christianity.

                                              Maggy addressing the meet in Panjim

The presence of Fr. Bismark in this world was the greatest obstacle for all who want to have total control not only over Vanxim but also of entire Goa to destroy Goa’s ecology, culture and Goanness.  For this reason immediately after liquidating Fr. Bismarq, the Invetment Promotion Board has given green signal to all the projects in Vanxim.  Also the anti-Goan old Regional Plan was brought back.  In view of this, to fight the government dadagiri,  Builders dadagiri,Bishop's dadagiri and dadagiri of others, all the supporters and followers of Fr. Bismarq must join together and take up all the issues Fr. Bismarq was fighting.  With the demise of Fr. Bismarq the demise of his  struggles should not be allowed.  In this direction last week at TB Cunha Hall a public meeting was organized by Bharat Mhukti Morcha whose president in Goa Maggie Silveira vowed to fight the menace of Ozones – Gaunekakrs – Bishops and others.  My full support to Bharat Mukti Morcha.  

 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.  

 

 

 

FC GOA UNITED THE GOANS.

Where Esperanto failed,  the game of foot-ball succeeded.  In the recently concluded ISL soccer tournament Goans forgot their differences and followed with deep reverence the game of soccer unitedly with the slogan  “FORCA GOA”. Every Goan understood the other Goan thru soccer.

The greatest achievement of ISL in Goa was the sense of oneness it created  into the minds and hearts of the Goans. The loss of FC Goa no doubt was a shocking but credit must go to Chennai for inflicting this loss on Goa by playing the right mode of soccer at the right time.  A team leading by one goal till 2 minutes before the final whistle  cannot hold its opponents for 2 minutes only has no right to win the match.  As a footballer of caliber during my younger days I suggest FC Goa team members, management, followers and fans to accept this otherwise unacceptable defeat sportingly.

FC Goa lacked dependable defense since Lucio and Gragory lacked their previous physical efficiency and mental alertness.   FC Goa also lacked a midfield maestro to orchestrate all the moves cleverly and in the forward line FC Goa lacked a first time finishers specially from the box.  Keeping the ball on one’s feet for longer period is a  big mistake our forwards committed instead of releasing the powerful footer in Portuguese Eusebian style.

As pointed out by Zico, allowing only six Indian players  to represent each team is a mistake because it does not help the promotion of local talent instead it shadows local talent from developing.  In Italy in the Seria A division only 2 foreign players are allowed per team. This was done by Italian soccer authority to give impetus to the local soccer talent in greater number.

The last fiasco  between Elano and Salgaocar was a black mark on the otherwise successfully organized this year’s edition. I don’t say Elano was innocent but in the absence of his version of what provoked him to act thus, I am unable to inflict the whole blame on him. Since a long time now that I am watching him on the field, he looks to be a decent man unlikely to act rough.  By listening to one side of the story only and blaming him is not correct though what he did was wrong.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

 

 

GOA STATE CULTURAL AWARDS PRESENTED.

 

GOA STATE CULTURAL AWARDS 2014 - 15.

Yesterday, 20^th of this month, at Institute Menezes Bragana Hall, Panjim, at 4.00 PM in a specially organized function, Goa State Cultural Awards were presented by the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa, to the 12 prominent artists who excelled in different fields of Art and Culture.  Two of them were Tiatrists, namely Rita Rose and Joe Rose, one my colleague in Konkani movement  Dilip Borker a literary figure with whom I participated in the Hunger Strike at Azad Maidan Panjim during Konkani language agitation 30 years back and Mahendra Alvares for Fine Art/Craft who is the owner of Big Foot – Anchestral Goa – at Loutolim.

 

Rita Rose

 

Rita Rose receiving her Award from Nana Patekar

 

Their achievements and the details of their work are elaborated in the Souvenir released during the ceremony.

Mahendra Alvares of Big Foot

 

Mahendra Alvares seen felicitated by the Chief Guest

 

 

Joe Rose

 

Joe Rose is felicitated by the Chief Guest

 

The chief guest of the day was renowned Film Actor – Writer – Filmmaker Nana Patekar felicitated the Awardees while the guest of honour Dayanand R. Mandrekar –Minister of Art and Culture – presided over the function and Sidharth Kunkolienkar MLA was the guest of honour.

DILIP Borkar seen felicitated by the Chief Guest

 

The function was attended by the full house attendees overwhelming majority being Hindus.

On behalf of myself and also on behalf of all my likeminded friends I congratulate them for achieving something extraordinary.

                                                 A section of the attendees

 A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349

FREEDOM FIGHTERS FAILED GOA.

Who is responsible for the current ugly happenings in Goa?  Surely if not fully then at least partly the living Freedom Fighters of Goa for not doing enough after the ouster of Portuguese.  Before elaborating my answer let me be frank in paying my highest respect for all those Freedom Fighters who were sincere in their mission for the betterment of Goa and Goans.  That Portuguese rule in Goa had to come to an end is a sure fact otherwise I would also join the freedom struggle but after driving out the colonialists I will not sleep content with Pension and Tamrapatra. Instead I would mount more pressure on Indian government  either to leave from Goan soil as it did in Bangladesh or to give us greater autonomy on the pattern of Macau or Pondichery at least, as assured by Nehru.  But I would never keep silent on the re-colonisation process of  Goa by the Bharatis who are now lording over every segment of our Goa. 

By upsetting the demographic structure of Goa the Bharatis are deGonising Goa by creating more and more facilities for non-Goans to settle down permanently in Goa exactly the way Israel did in Palestine to dePalestine of Palestinians by inducting more and more third rate Jews from outside. This was the cunningness on the part of Israeli leaders to commit a silent genocide on original Palestinians in Palestine.  India is also following the same method on Goa.  The major portion of the Bharatis who are permanently settling down in Goa are from lower and mediocre segment for whom Goa is Eldorado. They get lot of facilities because they are bribed easily and to extort money and sex is easy from them. The facilities they get in Goa are like more than what Kuwaitis are getting in Kuwait.

What was the quality of our Freedom Fighters to think high for Goa and Goans?  Some of them in the garb of Freedom Fighters robbed the innocent people and even killed them.  In Siolim in late fifties who killed the local Regidor?   Again in Siolim Soddiem who captured the house of Casador Manuel Xavier and robbed his both Guns?  Who robbed the Banco Ultrmarino during the day time by showing Guns to the Bank employees?  Who came to the Salgaocar’s home with Guns to demand money?  Who were those who were robbing people near the Hilltop behind Parra Church?  And who were Krimidores who cut the tongue of a “Poder” in Anjuna falsely accusing him to be an informer to the Portugese Police?  While accusing many Freedom Fighters of committing cruel acts I salute the genuine ones.  They have suffered so much from the hands of Agente Monteiros and sacrificed so much for the sake of Goa but are they happy that their goals are achieved?

Some of them are feeling sorry to see the Goa  they dreamt is not realized.  They openly show their regret but why not act to put pressure on government to bring changes in Goa of their choice?  One of them was cursing present Goa and Goan rulers but none of them is coming forward to conduct at least a peaceful Dharna in Panjim to draw the attention of the concerned authorities to their grievances?  I know they are not young now, I  also know they are ageing but they can organize their movement peacefully. If nothing works then they must surrender their Tammrapatras and even Pensions because their goals are not achieved and as such it is wrong to receive rewards.  Those who are regretting now to involve in freedom movement for Goa are not even ashamed to disclose their regret.  They should have committed suicide, at least this will prove their sincerity.

 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

LOOT OF GOA BY BHARATI SOLDIERS.

Going back to 1961 once again, a week after the conquest of Goa by the Bharati Serkar of Congress Party under Jawaharlal Nehru, the loot of Goa was started by the Indian Military personnel almost in all the cities of Goa.  What I observed in Mapusa and also in my village Candolim because of the proximity of Indian Military stationed at Aguada, I express it here.

We Goans then were very innocent and respectful to the authorities.  What Indian Military did then to us the Portuguez Military never did and precisely because of this, Goans trusted Indian Military personnel but they robbed us of the trust we had in them for their Uniforms.  A week after the invasion or to use a better word conquest of Goa, there was calm everywhere in Goa and people started moving freely all around Goa.  Shops with brand new foreign goods started opening in Mapusa where Indian Military personnel were roaming freely with their Chests out and Heads high as if Goa is their “Bapaichem Bens”.

Then they in small groups started entering the Shops checking the electronics goods such as Radio Sets, Wrist Watches, Cameras, Pens, Sun Glasses and other such costly commodities.  Then they started taking whatever items they wanted and just disappeared from the Shops without paying.  When one of the Hindu Shopkeepers at one particular moment out of frustration asked one Sardarji soldier to pay the money of the expensive Wrist Watch the Sardarji has taken from that Shop, the Sardarji replied thus: "Just shut Your Mouth.  We have liberated you”.  Seeing this arrogance on the part of Indian Military personnel, the Goan Hindu Shopkeeper was shocked. 

This very Hindu Shopkeeper on 18^th and 19^th welcoming the Indian Military in Goa with the slogan of Jai Hind, himself felt disgusted with the entry of Indian Military in Goa and felt like uttering loudly “Viva Portugal.  Salazar Zindabad and India Murdabad”.  But as he later on told to his friend, within me I already gave the slogans in praise of Portugal. Similar robberies and loot were also committed by the Indian Military personnel in the Gold Shops too.

Similarly, in Candolim Tinto a group of Indian soldiers stationed at Aguada entered the Casa Manica Bar and Restaurant and after drinking the expensive Whiskey – Brandy – Rum and St.Pauli Beer, refused to pay the bill. When the owner of the Bar asked for money, they threatened him with dire consequences. A heated argument erupted, one of the relatives of the owner while interfeering in between was manhandled by the drunk soldiers.  Then from distant one Catholic man Lapit Anton seeing this, came running and stopped the fight.  Then the Indian soldiers went back to Aguada of course by shouting bad words.  The owner of Casa Manica and his relatives all Hindus said “Ami adim asle tech bore aslet, hancheanim amchem ghatlem padd”, though they were the first to say Jai Hind to Indian troops going to Aguada.       

 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

WAS 19TH DECEMBER A BLESSING OR A CURSE?

Was 19^th December 1961 a blessing for Goans or a curse?  By all means, Portuguez Raj from Goa should have been ended, I did not want the Portugues to rule over me and my Goa but neither I did want Delhi Portuguez to rule over me and over Goa.  According to my information, a few Goan Freedom Fighters after India got independence from the British, went to meet Mahatma Gandhi seeking his help to liberate Goa from the Portuguese colonialism.  Hearing their pleas, Gandhiji answered to them thus: “You want freedom for Goa from Portugues?  Today you are ruled by the Portuguese but once Portugues are ousted from Goa I am afraid you may be ruled by the Delhi Portuguez”.  How prophetic were these words of Mahatmah Gandhi!  What are we facing in Goa today?  We are treated as slaves of Delhi that is remote controlling Goa for its benefit. From Nehru’s time Delhi wanted to liquidate the existence of Goa and precisely because of this Nehru’s Congress agreed for having Opinion Poll to decide the fate of Goa with the hope that Goa will be merged with Maharastra and thus the identity of Goa will get liquidated.  But Goans have shown their real colours by voting against the merger and in this voting pattern Goan Christians played a heroic role. Kudos to Goan Christians for always supporting Goan causes.

Though there is a large number of Christians in India in the South as well as in the north yet Goan Christians are looked upon by the Indian politicians with suspicion as if they are anti-national. Even in Goa in some segments of Goan community, Christians are considered as less Indian while they are more Indians. In Goa from day one on 19^th December 1961, Christians are considered as pro-Portugues but in reality during the Portuguese rule in Goa none of the top businessmen were from Christian community.  In commerce and Industrial fields Christians have never enjoyed preferential treatment, Portuguez government treated Goan Christians as ornamental pieces only for decoration purpose.  Even in the job sectors, Christians lagged far behind for this reason they migrated to Africa and elsewhere for better dividends.

Because of the hatred against Goan Christians some non-Christians started bashing Christians immediately after the  ouster of Portuguese from Goa. They thought Indian Raj means only a Hindu Raj and they equated the word Hind to Hindus without knowing how the word Hind was originated.  When Indian capture of Goa became a reality, one Dhobi Esso by name  from Orda in my village Candolim started shouting loudly near the Church saying “Tumkam Christavank atam ami martelet, tumcheo Igorjo ami moddtelet, tumkam ami atam kobar kortolet, Jai Hind, Jai Maharaj, Jai Swaraj”. He acted like this because he was an ignorant man.  On 19^th evening in my village some fanatic Hindus like Balkrishnan started firing crackers at the Tinto especially in front of the Christians and their houses threthening them with dire consequences.  One Shamba Xet started abusing St. Francis Xavier and mocking Him with these words “Khuim assa re atam tumcho St. Francis Xavier, daddat taka porot Portugalak” as if St. Francis Xavier was from Portugal.  He was the Spanish missionary in Goa but foolish Shamba Xeth was an ignorant.  Somebody asked tauntingly: “khuim gelo re tumcho Forsulo” referring to St. Francis Xavier.

On that night at about 8.00 PM some fanatics came to the House of a prominent  Candolim doctor, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro and fired innumerable gun shots at his door to shoot him but God saved him.  In Arpora these fanatics came with Guns and Revolvers to shoot Fr. Mendonca the Principal of St. Joseph High School but before any untoward incident could happen, the alert driver of Fr. Mendonca from back side drove Fr. Mendonca to Bastora where he took shelter there till calm prevailed. These fanatics found only the Christians to target their communal agenda dubbing the Christians as Pro-Portugues.

The contribution of Goan Christians in the freedom movement for Goa was immense and cannot be compeered with any other Goan community.  The first persons in India and even in the sub-continent  to fight for freedom for Goa from colonial rulers were Goan Christians and that too they were Goan Priests from Candolim, Pintos Vaddo, coming from the aristocratic Pinto family.  It was also from the same locality another Christian freedom fighter the world renown Hypnotist Abade Faria came,  he got unique distinction to guide the French revolutionaries when he left  Goa and went to Portugal and from there to France.  Then after, it was yet another Christian doctor, Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes a parliamentarian in Portuguese Parliament who raised his voice for the freedom of Goa.

When Christians have done so much for Goa then why they are treated shabbily in Goa?  The communal forces in Goa are wielding strong power and thru this power these forces are preventing Christians from moving  ahead.  There is a silent genocide on Christians in Goa since 19^th December 1961 and the late Dayananda Bandodcar was the first Goan leader to perpetrate this silent genocide followed by most of the CM’s of Goa.  We never thought after the ouster of Portuguese from Goa such a communal politics will happen in Goa.  It is a tragedy that because of this communal politics the soul of Goa is disappearing from Goa. 

In view of what I wrote above, can I ask this question: “Was 19^th December 1961 a blessing or a curse?”

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

 

GOANS WERE CHEATED BY BHARAT.

Refreshing my memory once again going back to December 1961, it was wintry morning of 18^th of that month, at about 6.00 AM. My father was adjusting the flow of water in our field touching the main road about 70 metres away from our house.  That particular moment the convoy of Indian Military vehicles consisting of a huge fleet of Jeeps, Lorries and Tanks moving on the road to Aguada where a huge number of Portuguese troop stationed. 

Suddenly the Convoy stopped moving further by seeing my father and one of the ranking soldier in the front Tank called my father and asked what he was doing alone in the field. My father gave him the reason.  Then the same top Indian Military man asked my father whether he knew how much is the distance from that spot to Aguada and Chapora too and whether any troop is stationed at Chapora Fort.  Then my father was asked whether he knows the number of troop stationed at Aguada.

Finally the same Indian Military personnel asked my father who was wearing a sleeveless Banyan, “WHY YOU ARE WEARKING THIS POOR BANYAN?” For this my father replied saying “BECAUSE I AM POOR I AM WEARING THIS POOR BANYAN”.  Then with a broad smile on his broad face, the Indian Military man said “YES, WE KNOW PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT HAS PURPOSELY KEPT YOU GOANS AS POOR ONLY.  HENCEFORTH YOU GOANS WILL NOT REMAIN POOR, WE ARE COME TO FREE YOU, TO MAKE YOU RICH AND GIVE YOUR GOA IN YOUR OWN HANDS”.

While going to the field my father was using the slogan “Viva Portugal and Salazar Zindabad but while coming home surprisingly he used the slogan saying “Jai Hind - Salazar Murdabad and Nehru Zindabad”. When my mother asked what has happened, he said henceforth we will not remain poor thinking that honey and milk will directly flow thru a pipeline into our homes, starting from Delhi .  But what happened ultimately? My father felt that we were cheated.

Yes, we were cheated because since the ouster of Portuguese from Goa we Goans are treated as conquered people by Bharat.  We are conquered people because according to the landmark judgment on Goa by the Supreme Court of India, on 19th December 1961 Goa was conquered by Bharat.  Hence, we are not liberated on this date and as such it is wrong to mark the 19th December as the Liberation Day of Goa. 

Within a week of the conquest of Goa, to fool the Goan masses Bharat Serkar dumped Goan market with cheap Onions, Potatoes, Dry Chillies, Bananas and other fruits and commodities.  Seeing this, Goans thought now "Achchya Din" already come and will remain forever. But within a fortnight everything cheap coming from Bharati territories disappeared from Goan Bazar and scarcity of essential commodities appeared everywhere.  And in this way, Goans were denied many things which were earlier easily available.  In one word the Hell was let lose on Goa in all the angles in the name of Fake Liberation.  I pity myself for being the victim of this Hell.  Whom to curse?  My elders died by cursing and cursing the Indian Raj and Indian "Rajkhabari" for bringing my beloved Goa to this level. It is not Goa of the choice of our elders but it is the Goa of the Cheats and Corrupts. 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel”7507394349.

CALANGUTE ZILLA PANCHAYAT MEMBER REPLIES.

The following is in reply to A.Veronica Fernandes aricle "Mount campaign for justice for Fr. Bismark" appeared in this forum on 13.12.15.

 

 

 

 

Dear Veronica,

 

As the Zila Panchayat Representative, I along with my MLA Michael Lobo did take up the matter with the CM. He has assured us that the Police department will get to the bottom of the case and transferred it to Crime branch. Let me admit that our police force or the Crime branch is not well trained in Crime scene investigation and they messed up big time initially when they found the body and wrongly presumed that he was drunk and drowned.

 

The CM asked the forensics team in Hyderabad to submit the viscera report within a month it normally takes 2-6 months. Now that we know that he is not drunk as there was no alcohol in his stomach all angles needs to be investigated.

 

Please let us know whatever help you need. Maybe there is a disconnect between the people and the Police in terms of the investigation and some questions about the death of Fr. Bismarque remain unanswered. Whatever question you have please let me know. I'll ask my MLA Michael Lobo to get the answers from the police.

 

We all are concerned about the death of Fr. Bismarque we may not be vocal about it but we are doing our small bit.

 

I used to follow his Kindness campaign on FB and used to chat with him then. He was a nice person and cared a lot about our environment. Goa misses him now HOW I wish people were with him when he was alive. 

 

Regards

Shawn Martins, Zilla Panchayat Member Calangute - 9822877706  

GOA'S INVASION WITH RAPES.

This is to share from my memory of what I noticed in December 1961, a few days after the ouster by Indian Military of Portuguese from Goa.

On 17^th we got the news in our local Portuguese school where I was studying that Indian Military has illegally already started its march over Goa entering the Goan territory by force, using its Military might.  The resolution brought into Security Council directing India to withdraw its troop back to India was vetoed by the Soviet Russia.  Later on India's permanent representative to the UN Mr. Jhah said "even if that resolution was passed, India would never withdraw its Troop from Goa" thus legalizing illegal act.  And this is the same India now clamouring for a permanent Seat in the Security Council.  Will any one trust India to do justice for other nations if by chance India got a Seat in the Security Council?  That India will not get this Seat is a forgone conclusion because Pakistan will lobby hard to deny this Seat to India and China the arch rival of India will use its Veto Power to deny India of a Permanent Seat in the Security Council. The Security Council is meant for matured countries and not fickle minded countries like India that is on grabbing spree of others' territories by using its might Military arsenals. 

 

On 18^th December  India grabbed Goa physically and on 19^th Goa became officially a part of Bharat.

On 20^th of December news started pouring in that Indian Military began raping Goan females here and there. In my village a beautiful Portuguuese “Paklin” staying at  Vaddi Vaddo escaped from the clutches of Indian Military personnel going to Aguada when she ran away to her neighbouring house.  In Pilerne one young Goan female while walking on one deserted road was grabbed by the Military personnel and raped in their Military vehicle.  In Sancoale when one lady “Dukornkarn” refused to surrender one Militry personnel, he fired at her house.

In my village in Candolim because of the heavy Indian Military traffic flow on the road to and fro Aguada, fear gripped the minds of the females and their parents because what Portuguese soldiers did not dare to do the ugly Indian Military will do for our local females. And that they are ugly in this matter was proved later on in Bangladesh when so many Bengali females were raped by the Indian Military personnel. 

 

Exactly during this period annual novenas (salve) were going on in the evenings in our Church from 5.00 PM to 7.30 PM for the celebration of feast of Nossa Senhora de Esperanca on the last Sunday of that month.  Hearing the news of rapings of Goan females by the Indian Military personnel, our Church Pe. Vigar, Pe. Nicholau Noronha, a staunch anti-Portuguese, declared suspension of Salves in the evenings till he was convinced of normalcy.

How tragic were those days for us having females in our families?  Now again the Novenas for the same feast are going on but without any fear of rapings by Indian Military but by the Ghanttis, Migrants and unwanted dirty Indian tourists who think Goan females are cheap. Even the commercial girls now available are from outside Goa.  It is this non-Goan dirt that is creating dirty image of our clean females and clean Goa.  

 

May God bless our Village and Goa  and protect our females from all evils, Amen.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

2ND DAY OF 49TH MANDO FESTIVAL IN GOA.

 

On 11^th of this month at Kala Academy Panjim, I attended the 2^nd day of Mando Festival at 5.20 PM.  Though not house full yet this audience was much higher than on the first day.  It was compeered like on first day by the 4 Compeers;  two males and two females, among them one male Dr.Bhikaji Ghanecar was the oldest.  

 

All the four Compeers

Dr. Ganecar started from the inception date 49 years back and since then he is continuously uninterrupted compeering this festival with an extra ordinary class even though he is ageing but not losing his control over his physique and mind. During the last so many years he entertained the Mando Festival crowd with much enthusiasm and lovely jokes. Some of the attendees earlier attended Mando Festivals only to listen to his Jokes.  That was the class and quality of his Jokes. May God give him good health to entertain the Mando enthusiasts for many more years.    

 

Youngsters

 

I was in Kuwait since mid seventies but I used to come to Goa on vacation to coincide my vacation with the date of Mando Festivals and like this I maintained my link with Mando Festivals after I left Goa for greener pastures.  According to me from the time of its inception in 1966 till the end of Nineties, the quality of Mandos  with dulpods in every category was superb having almost all the ingredients of the originality of this folk song. 

 

Beautifully dressed singers

But gradually during the last two decades persons having no Mando culture and tradition involved in this Mando Festivals thus lowering the body and soul of the Mando/Dulpods in traditional and original categories.   

One of the Adults group

 

However, to my total surprise, this year on both the days, I found the quality of the Mandos with Dulpods in all the categories vastly improved leading us back to the periods of Sixties, Seventies and Eighties. This is the good sign for better days ahead for the improvement of Mandos.

 

VIP seen with Souvenirs

The seniors in Original and Trditional categories excelled very well in all respects namely in presentation, costumes, music and of course in singing.  They not only sang but they sang in style.

 

Singing original Mando

 

The Teenagers also performed very well  by depicting their extraordinary talent at this young age, their musicians also performed very well especially the youngsters and girls.

 

 

During the interval, a special Souvenir was released from the hands of VIP guests, namely Dilip Parulenkar and Nilesh Cabral as seen in the photo above while other dignitaries are also seen in the same photograph.

 

I applaud the organisers and participants of this year’s Mando Festival for dishing out a very good performance.

 

                                                   Youngsters seen playing Music
                                 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349

MOUNT CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE FOR FR. BISMARK.

It is over a month now since Fr. Bismark was allegedly murdered with the ALLEGED approval of the most powerful higher-ups in Goa including the government machinery.  If government machinery is supporting the liquidation oF Fr. Bismark then is it easy to get justice in this matter? It is this same government machinery that liquidated all the traces of testimony they found at the site where Fr. Bismark was last seen. 

 

 

In the latest horrific revelations by Sudeep Dalvi in one of the Websites based in UK, some of the top people involved in this alleged murder are exposed.  In view of this the onus is on government now to go for further investigation with the sufficient clues Dalvi has provided.

 

 

Meantime, social activists must keep  mounting pressure on government to get justice for Fr. Bismark.  If yesterday their target was Fr. Bismark then today it can be me and tomorrow it may be you, he or she.  Hence everyone should participate in this campaign until government is relented.

 

 

It is surprising that the individual members of the BJP & BJP MLA’s who came to limelight and to power and were voicing their opinion on justice earlier are themselves silent on this issue.  In my constituency I expected from both the elected representatives of BJP, one MLA and the other Zilla Parishad, their voice on this matter to get justice for Fr. Bismark but their silence is intriguing. In view of this, I request the most popular figure in Calangute Mr. Joseph Sequeira to start a campaign in our constituency to demand justice for Fr. Bismark.

 

 

All those elected representatives who talk of justice at the time of their elections must know that to fight for justice you must be first just and thus  I conclude by quoting Mohammed Prophet who when asked when there will be justice in this world, replied, “when everyone of us will gather courage to fight against the injustice committed on to others as if that injustice is committed on to us only.  Then only there will be justice in this world". 

 

 

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.