BAN SUNBURN EVENT.

Referring to the forthcoming exotic Sunburn event  that is pushed on our great and clean cultural and traditional attributes  by all the bloody idiots including those power wielding politicians who are of such a nature that they are even ready to sell their wives to the organisers of this event which  will be held in Anjuna the holy place that gave birth to that holy and Saintly figure Pe. Agnelo D’Souza and luckily for the opponents of this event including must be the Pe. Agnelo from Heaven, the court opposed it. Though the organisers are showering with all the promises  yet the High court of Goa passed its scriptures against it. For those who are giving assurances that it will be free of vulgarity and sinful acts, I indicate here what I witnessed earlier when this event was held in Candolim.  At Murod Vaddo Candolim, opposite to the Church, on the field at about 8.30 PM while I was riding my scooter to go Home from Sinquerim, I saw about 4 couples totally nude enjoying sex on the field touching the road and screaming giving an impression that they were  on the peak of orgasm.  And the way they were using foul language one could notice they were under heavy Drugs. And yet they were asking the passers by if they have drugs for sale.  Surprisingly 2-3 pimps and drug peddlers were doing good business besides 2 Policemen whom when I pointed this tamasha, they told me politely “Patrao hem tukam kiteak poddlam, tum voch voitai tuim, ami polloun ghetelet them”. The distance from the place the event was organized to this place at Murod was one kilometer approximately.

X'MAS PARTY FOR CHILDREN AT ARADDY IN CANDOLIM.

To mark the festivity of the Christmas, in Candolim at Araddy Vaddo, the members of the Holy Cross organized a Children Party on 26th of this month in the evening at 7.00 PM followed by the sumptuous dinner served for all the attendees including the well-wishers.

Holy Cross at Araddy

X'mas Crib

To entertain the children some children games were organized under the leadership of young and smart organizer Vinita Rego having very good organising abilities as displayed by her in front of the gathering that attended this Children Party.

Seen above Vinita 

Seen above is Brigita A Sr. Citizen  presenting the prize 

A section of the attendees

The children who attended this party were not necessarily the children of the members of Holy Cross, they were also coming from non-members fraternity and all these children at the end of the party departed with joyful smile on their faces.

A.Veronica Fe

                                Seen above is Tony presenting the prize to one of the boys 


A. Veronbica Fernandes.

ON MICHAEL LOBO'S OUTBURST "ON GOANS HOLDING PORTUGUESE PASSPORTS".

This is is in response to the recent interview in Prudent Media Channel, of Michael Lobo, the Calangute Constituency representative, on “Brexit will affect Goans”, I fully disagree with  his statement saying  that the way we hate “bhaile” in Goa so also outsiders settled in UK are also hated. Here I point out when Michael Lobo says that “the way WE  (including Michael Lobo) hate outsiders ” ……. It is NOT correct for Michael Lobo to include himself also in the bracket of those Goans who hate the “bhaile” because Michael Lobo who as known is the strong supporter of “bhaile” and not the hater, the proof of it can be obtained from my neighbourhood at Araddy Vaddo, Candolim, where there is a niche created as a residential place for them  with the help of the 2 former defeated Congress candidates and it is called “Ghanttianchi Araddy” which is the strong citadel of these “Bhaile”. 

Then Michael Lobo said “he is very happy because of Brexit outsiders (including Goans}, in UK will be opposed”.  I object to this statement full of arrogance and pride normally associated with those who acquired unimaginable wealth within unimaginable shortest time,  thru fair or unfair means. 

Then Michael Lobo went on saying that he would prefer the Goans to go there as other Goans are going to the Gulf countries without surrendering their Indian citizenship which is with regards to Goans I must say that the Indian Citizenship was  imposed on Goans by the “Bharat Serkar” immediately following the invasion of Goa, by the Bahrat Serkar of Nehru, without the consent of the local Goans and by discarding the principle of NON VIOLENCE” as propounded by Gandhiji.  In fact Ghandiji opposed the use of violence and Military force to annex Goa but discarding this principle of Non Viooence, Nehru sent about 20 thousands of Indian soldiers to invade Goa and they not only invaded Goa without any resistance from the approximately 5000 Portuguese Troop stationed in Goa among whom a few were Goans but some of these Indian soldiers have so disgracefully  molested and raped our females even by dropping a bomb on one of the victim's houses to satisfy his lust, somewhere in Cortalim, as it was given to understand during that time.

Moreover some of these very same  soldiers robbed our Goan Shops in the cities as it was robbed at Mapusa Market Shops owned by all our Hindu brothers “Negociantes” who were just a few days back  welcoming the invaders with the slogan of Jai Hind but now started hating their new masters who robbed them  of their goods mainly the electronics such as Radio Sets, Sun Glasses, Watches, Pens and other valuables of foreign make, such items even their grand fathers have not seen.

One of the Shopkeepers said in anger at that time, “he dolldire Bharati soldiers itle volkott mhon aum zanna re?  He atam ghaltelet amchem padd.  Amchem adlench Portuguezanchem raj borem aslem.  Anvem tankam welcome dilem Jai Hind and Jai Bharat toxench mhonnon Nehru Zindabad and Salazar Murdabad ti moji ek vhodd chuck zali.  Makam dista atam porot mhonnonk Viva Portugal ani Zalazar Zindabad”.   

Then to refute Lobo’s other statement when he said these Goans instead should go to the UK the way Gulf Goans are going to the Gulf. Lobo must know that the situation to go to the Gulf countries is totally different from the UK because in the Gulf you can even get a Visa for any category by paying money in the  Black Market run by the locals only.  You can obtain it as NOC as anything professionally and once you reach to the Gulf you need not work as per the indicated profession in your Passport.  Besides many of the Goans dont like Indian citizenship for this reason Salazar following the invasion of Goa by Bharat said “these Indians will treat MY Goans irrespective of their religions, like third class people and the Indians will create hurdles on their way even to get the jobs for the Goans to live a decent life in Goa because Indians will prefer outsiders from outside Goa to replace Goans thus converting the genuine Goans as unwanted in their own land”.  Very prophetic words of Salazar seen coming to reality. 

Regarding Lobo, he would have been the first person to sprint to the Portuguese Consulate in Panjim to get him the Portuguese Passport if he was not successful in politics, he tells all these stories now  because his stars helped him to come up in life.  When  one talks pride and it reaches to the peak then one falls speedily because “ghorvak ani sorgak bhett na mhonn”. Only the hungry person knows the depth of hunger and to overcome it he goes anywhere to gain his livelihood without even caring for his nationality. If his nation and Ministers are interested in him then they should provide him the necessary job otherwise they should shut their mouths. 

It would be admiring gesture if Michael Lobo had to work for getting the benefit of Dual Citizenship or something closer to that so that the mobility of those poor Goans who want to go to EU countries and UK thru Portuguese Passports  will have easy access to go there without losing their Indian citizenship. 

Michael Lobo since elevated to the Ministership is talking like an omnipotent on anything and everything and tomorrow if he is elevated to be the CM (which is impossible unless he is converted to Hinduism), I don’t know what will be his role. By nature he is smart and because it is so he is become a source of jealousy for some in his Constituency who are trying to dethrone him and in this campaign there are a few of his  own circle. However, it must be known that the people like him as MLA’s and Ministers came so many and gone also so many and finally disappeared into wilderness so many, some of them were  gigantic who are now become like  Cockroaches because without political power these politicians including Michael Lobo) are like fish out water. Because of their pride they came down crashing. He should only see the pitiable plight of both of his predecessors, knocked out of power thru piercing defeats at the hands of those very same voters who brought them to power earlier and who finally voted them out.  Both of them are become like unknown  in their own locality now. Why this humiliation to both of them? Is it a God’s punishment?  Because they were acting as Lords in front of their own people? They never thought to be humble and disciplined because these attributes were not thought to them. They thought power will remain with them eternally and with this in mind they were acting and behaving with their own people like they were creatures from outer planet.  

Hi Mike, I don’t want your fate to become like that of your predecessors for this reason I caution you not because I dislike you but only because you are otherwise a kind hearted person having a soft corner for the poor because you were once upon a time a poor, as you disclosed openly during a public meeting in Candolim. "Ami sounsarant zaite pavtt fattim urleat kiteak amkam sarkem “guidance” mellonk na mhonn"

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Then here too I disagree with Lobo when he said "we must instead of doing Portuguese Passports and take the road to UK, we must do some business. Here I disagree with him because the system of starting and doing the business in Goa is not conducive to every Goan especially to those who opt for the UK on Portuguese Passports.  As a Minister what Michael Lobo has done to create facilities for Goan youth to start the business in Goa leave aside to get employment? Mike it is easy to sermonize like Roman Catholic Priests from the Altar, because you are a “Montri” now and precisely because of this people give you a little hearing otherwise they will say "To Hell with you" and reject your sermons.  What is your capacity to provide jobs for the locals?  Do you have blue print prepared for this?   On the eve of your last election you came to our houses for our votes but after that you disappeared and evaporated like Ether but you will resurface again on the eve of your next election which will be held after some more months.  

Finally, we have now a new group of Goans known as “REVOLUTIONARY GOANS” that promised to give their maximum support to those Goans who are at the mercy of Ghanttis.  Recently at Sinquerim in Candolim one well built Ghantti who is running a Shop, hit so badly one of our local young Goans with a “Dandda” that our Goan brother finally landed in GMC with the broken shoulder bone and from there he was discharged after a week. Surprisingly, not a single leader or prominent figure from Candolim raised his voice and condemned this incident of “dadagiri”, not even the former people’s representatives  nor the present.  All are maintaining their  silence as if “Makam kitek poddlam?”.    There is not a single leader in my locality and Constituency to think serious of this case? 

In view of this, I request the Revolutionnary Goans to take up this matter very seriously and go to his Shop and demand explanation from him why he hit our Goan brother.  If today the Ghanttee is allowed to go Scot free, tomorrow he and others of his like will take more advantages of our silence. In no way we can sleep over this incident.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

GREG DE CANDOLIM A SUCCESSFUL GOAN CHRISTIAN BUSINESSMAN.

This is once again to prove wrong all those Padris and the so called intelligent people of Goa who tell that Christians are not meant to do the business because according to their opinion in doing business and acquiring success one has to be a robber and also one must be in regular contact with the “Ghaddi” who is the proper guide since Christian doctrine does not permit you neither to rob nor to go to Ghaddi.

The owner of his business Greg de Candolim & his dynamic wife Mary 

First of all if anybody thinks Christians are not going to consult the Ghaddis then they are sadly mistaken because most of the customers of the Ghaddis are Christians many of whom are become the slaves of Ghaddis and being so they don’t care nor feel afraid to consult Ghaddis who is like a living talking God for them and being so they don’t care nor feel shy.  They are not only the laymen Christians but among them are some Padris too who visit them in their normal dress like Jean Pant and T-Shirt.  The power of Ghaddis is become so strong as given to understand in the last general election for Legislative Assembly some candidates even hired and brought to Goa some Ghaddis to tell them their outcome of their contest and accordingly advise them One of the Roman Catholic candidates even told some that he acquires the services of Ghaddi brought brought from outside Goa because he has not trust in our God and Jersus Christ because they are not talking God who do not tell you on your face whst will be the result of your contest. This shows how important is the need of talking God  

Now, since the mushrooming of Non-Caatholic Denominations where many of the Pastors are performig Healing Servies, they are also guiding you in your business or any subject in the name of our religion and Christ exactly. Besides a few among the Roman Catholic hiercharcy. Hence, the point of going to Ghaddi does not arise for our Christian businessmen. If you see all over the world, especially the Western World headed by the Christians who were the pioneers in doing business in the most systematic and scientific manner where they don’t go to the Ghaddis nor they rob their customers.  There is no need to rob.  In the Gulf we worked for so many years where the owners of our company business do not directly face the customers nor they involve inn day to day business transactions, for months and months some of them are staying abroad and yet their business is run systematically by the employers they employ to run their business. No doubt their business is in big scale but even in the small scale business you can do in the same manner if you apply modern scientific methods.   

                                 

                                          The above seen is the Shop of Greg de Candolim      





  

In my village we have yet one more businessman who is well established in business since he has directly inherited it from his father P.Jack who was once a renowned Comedian Tiatrist acting with those gigantic artistes of yesteryears. From 1993 his home business of Bakery is taken over by his son Greg de Candolim who is also a well-known local Tiatrist having written a number of Tiatros and staging them in his locality and elsewhere beyond his locality.  He got his Shop in Candolim at Ximer where he sells all his home Bakery prepared items such as Cakes for different occasions, Dodol, Bibinca, Patties, Sandwich, Biscuits, Pinag, Kol-Kol, Neureo, Bolinhas, X’Mas Decorations etc.  In this venture his equally smart wife Mary also helps him and both combined together they do good business in locality plus they have customers from the neighbouring villages.

Like Greg de Candolim, there are so many such Gregs who are Goans and Christians doing their small scale business in a fair manner with the help of God and Jesus Christ, successfully not only in Candolim but also in other parts of Goandolim and their example must be emulated by the others especailly those who can afford but like idiots tell that "Amchem Goem ghelem Ghanttiancheam Hatin ghelem".  

In view of this, those Christian Goans having their shops rented to outsiders must take them back and wherever it is possible they must run the same by themselves or their children and thus in this way step by step we the Goans only should run our businesses not only in Candolim but also all over Goa.  However, what is important for us to gain success in this field is the constant flow of the customers who must imperatively patronize the business of Goans only irrespective of their religious affiliations. Our Church leaders especially our Pe. Vigars and Pe. Curs must advise our faithful either openly or thru clandestinely whom to patronize because our Pe. Vigars and Pe. Curs know this better.  The time is now come for them to act and to act very boldly and dynamically. 

As a matter of fact our community will survive or perish only on  the basis of the support and advice of our Church leaders render tou our people.  Hence, the onus falls on  our Church. In the past our Church in Kuwait has failed us but now it will not be tolerated. 

A.Veronica Fernandes.          

53RD ALL GOA STATE LEVEL MANDO FESTIVAL.

The 53^rd State Level Mando Festival for 2 days from 18 to 19 of this month was held in Panjim at Kala Academy Hall which was started 45 minutes late at 5.45.PM instead of given time at 5.00 PM thereby putting the audience into total inconvenience.  The organisers when acting like irresponsible persons then it is bad for the promotion of the event.  They should not act that they are organising a Zagor or a Sangodd. Mando Festival is a prestigious event and fitting its image, dignity and credibility, the organisers should have acted responsibly.  As it is, they have failed miserably in getting the required number of audience and not hardly 100 as it was seen on the first day, moreover, among this audience there were close relatives of the participants  and minus this means nothing worthwhile. Shame on you the organisers of this event. I think you are involved in this festival only to promote yourselves and not the Mandos.  If you cannot perform your duties properly then you must “leave” from there.    

Seen above is the hard core Konknnivadi and the seniormost compeer who is compeering this festival since its inception Dr.Bicaji Ganekar

   

In the past when it was found organising of the Mando Festival was a tedious job as far as financial involvement was concerned, we from Kuwait and myself in particular came forward under Kuwait Konknni Kendr and sent donations within our capacity.  When time came we shouldered our responsibility and still we would have done more but pigmy from the organising committee passed a remark that insulted us a lot.  There is a saying in Konkani “Ghorbidaeche Kotten Lhanvikachi Bhik Magchi Nhoi”, then instead of alms one will get  “Mati”.  Instead of appreciating our kind gesture of giving our donation, the pigmy on top of it ignored us when we came all the way from Kuwait to attend it, inspite of our donation.  His sarcastic remark was this: “What Veronica thinks of himself, just because he sent donation of few thousands rupees, he thinks he owned the Mando Festival?”.  “Are Baba” it was not Veronica’s donation but it was of KKK from its Fund though Veronica played a positive role to get it sanctioned. At least Veronica and KKK sent something but others from Kuwait and elsewhere did not even bothered to know your plight and difficulties you were undergoing to collect funds for organising this event. Veronica knew your hardships you were undergoing to raise the required fund and because he had concern and love for this festival in general and for Mando in particular, he used his goodwill to propose to KKK to send that funds. 

Agnelo de Borim the seasoned compeer

When I was in Kuwait, I noticed among our people in Goa that they feel like holding us responsible to patronise their activities and holding us obligated to blindly support them.  When they intitiate their activities they never take us into confidence and when the alarm bell rings then they come running, not only running but sprinting for help.  And when we render our help then they don’t even hallow us when we meet them in Goa, many of them turn their faces the other side.  With my direct involvement and initiative we from Kuwait financed so many activities and projects in Goa to the tune of Lakhs of Rupees.  Where our lakhs of rupees gone we sent as donation for Goa Cancer Hospital Society at Dona Paula?  Can anyone give an account of it and where it was utilized or where it is lying now?  Where our Lakhs of rupees have gone that we sent for the establishment of Novem Goem Daily?  Where are all the Trustees of NG gone now?  Were not they responsible for the disaster of Novem Goem by mismanaging it when they should not because they were not the people belonging to the class of Ladru and Pedru, they were all highly educated but ultimately they acted worst than the Ladrus and Pedrus.  And on top of it these people are seeking respect In society.  They dont deserve any respect from the society.  Due to their negligence and stupidity they have killed our ambition in Kuwait to move ahead in supporting such initiatives.  For them in Goa it is nothing because as it is said in one Konkani proverb that “Kapurleak khuim Kulei sarke ani Thanaim sarkim”.     

Coming back to the Mando Festival. gone were the days when in late sixties and early seventies, eighties, nineties till recently people used to gather to see Mando Festival in very good number even by paying ticket money if I am not mistaken, Rs. 7/- but now even without ticket people failed to come in good number for this free event. During those days what I have noticed as a young Collegian since I am a veteran attendee of this festivaI from 1969/70, all the male attendees coming in Suit and Tie while the females in their posh dress code and thus emitting more beauty and grandeur to this event because the people then had great love and admiration for this festival.  Besides, the participating groups had taste and knowledge of Mando and its composition and other technicalities.  But gradually it went into the hands of Tiatrists and people of low cadre in this field and who were ignorant of the soul of Mando. During those days it was like the monopoly of  high cadre of attendees but later on it was embraced also by the law cadre and now it is nothing of that sort.

Is it because people lost their interest in Mando Festival or the organisers lost interest in marketing this event appropriately? This is the serious issue where concerned people must do the study and take the corrective steps otherwise gradually Ghanttees will take over it and with certain modification totally Ghantteeised it thereby bringing an end to this great cultural part of Konkani Goans.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

WELL-KNOWN KUWAIT GOAN MANUEL D'COSTA.

Manuel at my place.

The competitive foot-ball for Goans and for other Indians was first time started in Kuwait in 1979 by the Goan Club, United Goans Foot-ball Center popularly known as UG and it was headed by once an ace Goan player from Siolim, Bardez, Antonio Lawrence Fernandes. With the exception of final, all other matches were played at Sour Grounds, 1 & 2 all in the afternoons.  Lot of Goans and others participated in this soccer among whom some are still in Kuwait from the time of the inception of this tournament and till now they are actively taking part in this soccer extravaganza.  One such Goan is none other than Manuel D’Costa from St. Cruz, Ilhas, Goa who is still working in Kuwait and living with his family peacefully.  However, till now he has not detached himself from this soccer and currently he is the chief of newly formed Goan Foot-ball Association which caters to the needs of Goan boys. When he first started in 1979, he was the member of G.O.A. B team, later on he joined other clubs but for the current Association he is firm since he is doing lot of hard work to raise the level of his team.

He is very much supported in this association by some of his colleagues and his family too and he is grateful to them for their support.  Since currently our soccer is gone into the hands of non-Goans in all respects, yet Manuel is maintaining Goan identity thru this Association and he feels happy that many Goans are supporting him for keeping the banner of Goa and Goans high.

Since he is in Goa now, a few days back he paid me a visit at Caandolim where we discussed so many things regarding our past foot-ball activities, his support for Goan causes and his plans for Goa when he retires from Kuwait. I was highly pleased to welcome him at my place where he spent his time with me.  He is the same Manuel whom I last saw in Kuwait 6 years back, a simple and humble Goan with all the Goan attributes.

A.Veronica Fernandes. 

LIBERATION OF GOA MEANS A JOKE FOR ME.

This is the day, the 19^th December, called the Liberation Day of Goa but Supreme Court of India in its landmark judgment on Pe. Chico Monteiro’s case said that on 19^th December 1961 Goa was conquered by India.  In view of this, I don’t understand who coined this word Liberation of Goa on 19^th December.  In fact, Goa was invaded on 18^th December only when the lengthy convey of Military vehicles including heavy Tanks were going to Aguada Sinquerim to conquer the heavy military citadel of Aguada where about a few hundreds of Portuguese Military personnel were stationed there including a few Goans.  While going to Aguada early in the morning when darkness was down and little foggy light was just appearing while the Sky above was not showing any sign of becoming bright but indicating its sorrowfulness thru its dull appearance giving an impression that something bad is happening for the land and for the people below it.  Yes, on that day it was indicating that something bad on Goa is coming in the name of Liberation of Goa.  The atmosphere all around was indicating that the Raj of Chors – Bamtte – Krimidores –  Rostad is dawning on Goa as it was indicated at a little later than dawn when my father innocently was going to our field to adjust the flow of water in our Paddy field which was located nearby our house, touching the main road thru which the Bharati invaders were going to Aguada.  When my father had lot of goodwill for Portugal for giving us discipline and good habits yet he was always insisting the Portuguese must leave Goa on its own free will by handing the power over to Goans.  He was fair like a “Paklo” and this fairness of his attracted the attention of the General or Commander or the Chief of that Bharati convoy who was seated in the  front vehicle from where by stopping his vehicle and along with others too for about 10 minutes, he shouted loudly at my father and asked my father in English “what are you doing there and called my father up to him, for this my father obliged like a obedient soldier of course like a Cockroach who otherwise thought himself like a giant afraid of none.

Then he asked my father in Hindi what he is doing in the field, my father replied saying he is adjusting the flow of water.  He asked then whose field is it, my father replied saying it is his. Then he asked why you are wearing a Banyan, my father replied saying because I am a poor man. Then he said loudly “you are poor because Portuguez purposedly kept you poor and henceforth no Goan will remain poor”.

Listening to this nonsense as Gospel Truth, my father innocently came home running, leaving the small job of adjusting the flow of water to our paddy field incomplete and started giving slogans like a mad, as Jai Hind, Jai Bharat, Nehru Zindabad and Salazar Murdabad and told us all at home that henceforth we will become all rich.   Such an intelligent my father was otherwise but that stupid top Military personnel of the stupid country India totally mesmerized my father who remained till his death to see the good days coming for us.  At moments he was by thinking of all what he was told by that Indian Military personnel, my father was cursing him and also to the Bharat where there is no system, no discipline, no law and order situation.  It is not my father alone but overwhelming majority of our elders who spent their major part of life under the disciplined system and under the law and order during Portuguese rule, finally gone to the grave by hating and cursing this Bharat where the corruption and bad habit are rule of the land and where the Goans are not a match to the Bharati people whose expertise in this corrupt habits are second to none.  The goondagiri is so rampant that these goondas are become Kings of this land, they can do anything they want because the elected representatives have gone totally insane as the most corrupt because they lack quality, character and dignity in them. These public figures are come from third grade background while during the Portuguese rule it was just the opposite. They are robbing the people of their money by demanding Bribe from public which is so huge that it looks a parallel economy is also running in India.  These elected representatives are so disgraceful that they are looting and robbing the Communidade land as if it is their fathers’ property since Communidade once managed by the upright persons are now gone into the hands of most corrupt, most rascals and most disgraceful  minded Goans.  Everywhere you see nothing but hurdles for you on your way.  Those elders of ours thru their wisdom they forecast that Goa will go out from the hands of Goans and that will be the last nail in our coffin which will be hammered shortly by the outsider Ghantees, I hope it should not be when I am alive because as a lover of Goa having struggled for the protection of Goa so much,  I will not be able to accept that reality. 

Today there were so many functions to celebrate this day with great pomp but for me there is nothing extra ordinary in this pomp, it is pomp for the people who are enjoying better life by robbing the Ladrus and Pedrus and filling their pockets.  I am not happy on this day because there is nothing much to be happy, in fact on this day in 1961 my Goa was re-colonised with the help of Military Gun by the Military personnel who are non-Goan just as earlier when Portugues General Afonso de Albuquerque colonized Goa and made Goans as slaves of Portugal.  There is no difference between the slavery of Portugal and Bharat. There is no difference between the colonizing of Goa by Portugal and Bharat however, the colonialism from the former was much better that one day it will end at least but the colonialism of the latter is the worst  as there is no chance for us to get real freedom and liberation, under this colonialism we will get extinguished and turn into ashes. I would be happy if my Goa was handed over into the hands of Goans by the Indian government just as Bangladesh was handed over to their people. And as I forecast, we as peace loving Goans we will never enjoy peace and prosperity under this Bharati government. R.I.P. for Goan Peace. And where are all the Freedom Fighters of Goa gone?  Was it their wish to see the Goa of their love to reach to this level?  Did you suffer so much from the hands of Portugues Agente Monteiros to see your Goa reaching to this miserable level.

A.Veronica Fernandes.      

WE NEED PROGRESSIVE CHURCH LEADERS IN GOA.

While in Kuwait I was as an unregistered member of a number of Non-Roman Catholic Ministries performing its religions obligations besides also associating with some other Non-Christian organisations so too in Goa after my settling down in Goa I am on the same trend but my I attendance is limited only to a few. My purpose of associating with these Non-Christian organisations and Non-Roman Catholic denominations where up to now nobody imposed his permanency on me, for me it is to gain more knowledge of Non-Christians and Christianity thru different angles and many other aspects of human relationship with other humans and society as a whole. But what I learnt more of these Non-romanCatholic denominations is their power of educating their congregations in Christianity to save your soul and how to develop yourself in this world to lead a good life by maintaining your financial output.  Good that Industrial Revolution came into existence in England somewhere in the mid 1600 followed by the Revolution brought in by Martin Luther’s Protestantism that forced Inacio Loyola to bring about his Counter  Revolution in the birth of Society of Jesus some years later that revolutionized the Roman Catholicism. In fact the birth of Protestantism was the revolt against the nonsense the Roman Catholic Church was committing in the name of Religion by preventing the faithful to be forward looking with dynamism. Inacio Loyola’s counter revolution made the faithful more aggressive to live firmly in this world facing obstacles more bravely.

        During Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, Gulf Goans if they were properly guided and directed by the our Church leaders the economy of Goa would have been in our hands.  When I wrote from Kuwait to one Businessman priest my Plan after the successful establishment from Kuwait of the Gulf Goans Hotels Company Limited owned by the Goan Shareholders from Kuwait and its Hotel Goan Heritage at Calangute and also after financing to the tune of lakhs of rupees for Konkani cause in general and Novem Goem in particular including a fatty donation of so many lakhs of rupees from Kuwait itself alone for the construction of Cancer Hospital and many other activities, I received a negative reply from that Priest. During our last so many years of employment in the Gulf we could have done so much for us, for Goa, for our community and Goans as a whole but there was no direction and guidance for us to invest our earnings properly, our Church leaders went on asking donations only from us and did not help us in starting business ventures even at the level of small scale or in any other way. They used our financial resources for their benefits only. I point out 

here our Church because we are members of this Church and by being our leaders, it has more responsibility towards us than others who also enjoyed the benefit of our earnings in the Gulf. If then our Church leaders came forward to establish a Land Bank from the money of Gulf Goans mainly those who were sending the Church leaders donations from the Gulf, roday a good amount of Goan land would have been in our stock.  Similarly, with their pushing we could have started our own Bank but our Church has failed us because as I said earlier Roman Catholic Church is not forward looking and having no dynamism otherwise Martin Luther a soldier turned Priest would not have initiated the counter revolution.

The surfacing of so many Non-Catholic denominations recently is surfaced like a counter revolution.  A few years back and during my younger days I never heard the existence of such denominations but they erupted like a volcano where they engulfed in its fold heavy number of the followers of Roman Catholicism and if till today Roman Catholicism is surviving still on strong footing then because of the elderly Saintly Persons like St. Fzrancis Xavier and other like him. It was the earlier Saints who put in tremendous efforts to promote Roman Catholicism, they were all Missionaries from Europe while ours could not decimate from our Church the discriminatory practices systematically practiced in our Goa Church with the silent nod of our Church leadership.

On last Sunday I attended the service at Soddiem Siolim of Pastor Domnick whose Ministry has put this Village on World Map with bold capital letters because of services Pastor Domnick conducts there in this village.  He spoke and preached on how and why we Goans (I mean Christians) are backward in doing business? I know even during my younger days there was a fad among Christians to say that “business is not meant for Christians as if it is the work of “Chors” and then it was understood then to be a successful in business you have to be a cheat and  thief and you have to lower your dignity”.  I don’t know why this thought was implanted in our minds by our elders but I am sure our Church and especially our Priests were responsible for spreading this canard into the minds of Christians.

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In my village there was one young boy who purchased a Motorbike Rajdoot along with his one Hindu friend in early sixties, both were dropouts from the School were they were my classmates.  When our Pe. Vigar came in contact with him, Pe. Vigar asked him tauntingly with full of sarcasm appearing on his face giving an impression that poor boy has committed a sacrilege in doing this business, “Kitem re Anton, hem Rostadanchem Business kortai”.  That poor boy Anton was humiliated so much that he felt like committing a suicide but he did nothing of that sort but sold his Motorbike.  But his companion who started this Pilot’s business within a year purchased two more Motorbikes and in 5 years period he purchased a Taxi and within a few more he increased it by one more.  And finally he got a Bus now where Anton was working as Conductor.

Pastor Domnick has called a special meeting in the next week at his Siolim location specially to advice and guide the people how to get into business.  He is very much encouraging his members and followers who are in thousands to develop themselves financially by creating producing growth in your income.   He asked the congregation “if outsiders coming into our Goa and doing business and developing well financially then why cant we?” I strongly support him in this direction and wish him all the best.  We need in Goa at this very critical juncture not only one Pastor Domnick in Soddiem Siolim only but in every village and every Vaddo to educate, to guide and to support us in developing our community members financially.  Lack of finance is the root cause of most of  the sins, if not all.

A.Veronica Fernandes.                                                                                   

                    

SUCCESSFUL GOAN BUSINESSMAN FROM CANDOLIM

We have just seen how in Benaulim the outsiders were involved in promoting their own business and finally treathening our own Goans who provided them all the facilities to do their business. This is what they are doing everywhere where they are running their own business.  Recently in Sinquerim (Candolim) one outsider assaulted one local son of Sinquerim and even broken his shoulder bone because of which the local had to spend a week in the Hospital at GMC.  It is time now that we wherever possible equip with all the requirements to oppose their “Dadagiri” and should start our own business venture however small they may be, instead of renting our Shops to the outsiders.  And we must patrnonise the shops only run by our fellow local Goans, the genuine Goans and not the artificial Goans who should be kept at a distance because they are  selfish and when time comes they will flee from Goa to their home places outside Goa.

In my village Candolim very many shops owned by the genuine locals are rented to the outsiders who are doing excellent business and paying excellent rent to the local owners. When such a situation is seen in Candolim, we have one person in my Candolim village who runs his own business so successfully from 1995 and employing about 10 persons in his business venture consisting of a Bakery and a Shop where he sells all the tasty Eatables such as Dos-Neureo-Balls-Sandwiches-Pattis-Bolinhas-Dodol -Cakes of different types besides many other items to buy the same you see especially in the mornigs innumerable customers lining up there at his Shop in the mornings especially, located at Camotim Vaddo, Candolim touching the main Road. Besides, at this shop the items sold are cheaper than elsewhere as per the owner of this Shop and the Bakery Mr. Lourenco Fernandes known everywhere as Lawry only who is deeply involved in the local affairs including sports promotion mainly the Candolim soccer team and organising cultural functions.

When our business rights are going into the hands of outsiders, we must stop patronizing the outsiders and patronize our own Goans doing business even if they are our enemies.  It is time now for all of us Goans to think of Goa and Goans first otherwise outsiders especially the Lamanis will liquidate us because these outsiders are so crook and so bad with the exception of a few, they are capable of doing anything worst to grab power of Goa from our hands.  Our government and elected representatives are supporting them because they are easy to purchase. Secondly some of our elected representatives are so third class that they are meant not to seat in Assembly but elsewhere in the jungle.

I on my part offer my full support wherever possible and within my capacity to Lawry and to any other Goenkar doing business and taking over all other Shops rented to the outsiders. See how the Lamani outsider with the big “Danda” beat our own Goan brother and yet he is roaming freely though arrested but bailed out shortly. Where are all our Candoikars and Sinkerkars gone now?  Even if our Goan brother from Sinquerim is at fault still we must support him.  Will these same Lamanis and other outsiders were in our place, would they keep silence?  Deffinetely not, they would tear us into pireces. If the late renowned Tiatrist Alexinho de Candolim was alive now he would ask in his piercing song from the Stage this: Zori tor hi ghoddni anink khuincheai  ganvan ghoddti, Ghanv ekttaim zavun suru zateleot asleo morti, Pun Candoikaranchea ani Sinquerim karancheam rogtak bhavani aiz aili sukhti.

Besides the above, Lawry Fernandes is supplying his products to the local Hoteliers as well.  In fact, because of the sheer quality of the beautifully tasty Eatables, the fame of Lawry’s Shop has gone far and wide In the vicinity of Candolim and around in the ambient areas.  As a Goan and that too as a genunine Goan, I as well as all my like minded Goan brothers and sisters must promote and patronize our local businessmen.  Among us Goans especially the Roman Catholics we have one very bad habbit to pull down our own Goan brothers because we are too much jealous of our own brothers especially belonging to the same community.  Now we have to forget about it and irrespective of our religious affinity, we must blindly support our fellow local Goans and not those Disgraceful Outsiders who got nothing in common with us.  They only want our Goa and to do this they will do anything.

Immediately following the invasion of GOA by the cunning Bahrat under the most cunning premier of India Jawaharlal Nehru, the rascal artificial Goan Dayananda Bandodcar whose gene lies in the neighbouring Maharastra, floated his MGP to merge Goa with Maharastra, on behalf of Maharastra Bandodcar stood firm while the Maharastrians including their top leaders namely Y.B. Chawan and V.P. Naik the then Chief Minister of Maharastra who had powerful hold over Goa in Delhi that mattered the most demanding Goa for them while Nijalingappa the Chief Minister of Mysore now Karnataka where all these fringe  communities like Banjara and others said that they like Goa and they want it to be their part but we cannot contest the Poll to vote for their decision and get them the beautiful Goa, however, “if Goans want to join us, they are most welcome.  However, I have strong hope that one day Goa would be a part of Mysore”.

What is going on now with the influx of Karnatakans in Goa, among all the outside communities settled in Goa, Karnataknas are more in number and some of them as I noticed are all out to work for this end. We have to be more careful now since the Karnatakans who will fire the first salvo of liquidating Goans from their own land. 

     

A.Veronica Fernandes.

ARE WE IN INDIA RULED BY THE JUNGLE LAW?

When President of USA, the late John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lev Oswald and while the Security was escorting him to the judiciary, an unknown person Ruby shot him dead. thus closing the real secret of this crime since the provider of first hand information of the persons/nations was liquidated before he could divulge all the facts to the proper authority. It was then understood that the alleged hands of Soviet Russia and Cuban Fidel Castro were involved in this gruesome murder. Oswald was equipped with lot of information  to get the identity of those involved in liquidating President Kennedy. Since the major actors in this scene did not want to be known, they used Ruby to liquidate Oswald.

I think there is some similarity between the killing of the President of USA and the cold blooded killing of the recent 4 alleged rapists of the Hyderabadi girl especially when one observes that one alleged rapist was marking her carefully where she was parking her Two Wheeler.   Since this young girl was a good looker, I feel one Romeo must be prowling on her and who must have used that boy who offered her help in repairing her Bike (the tyre).  I am sure, the person who was keeping his passionate eyes on her must have raped her at least first, and then handed her over into the hands of 4 others to do what they wanted to do which they did without any fear of Law nor of God. Hence, to cover up the whole episode and to protect the real culprit from getting exposed who I am sure must be highly influential with regards to money and political power, the Police Force was put to liquidate all the four alleged rapists.  They may all be innocents because they were not given an opportunity neither to deny nor to accept their guilt but the brute Police force killed the truth before it could be ascertained.

The theory that all the four ran to snatch the Gun from the Police looks very weak, if they had to rush sprintingly to the Police which they must have done,  they would surely stop at least one of them from getting killed.  But, no, the Police came with the intention to kill them only as per the pre plan they had to liquidate all the four alleged rapists to destroy the real information. I am firm about my opinion that the Indian police force is so corrupt that many of them for the sake of money may even do the most nasty things.  

When I was travelling first time to Kuwait, at Santa Cruz Airport in Bombay, after completing my Immigration formalities, a few notes of 100 Rupees came out of my pocket after I put my hand in the right pocket of my Pant.  There were 3 security personnel there equipped with Guns ready to shoot and when they saw it, they came running to me telling me forcefully that “ I cannot carry Indian currency like this abroad and  threatening me most cunningly, they shamelessly started demanding these few notes totaling hardly 3 to 4 hundred. When I remained silent, they said you give these notes to us or else we will stop you from going to your destination. Observing this whole tamasha I said to myself ”what a great fall we Goa had when we fell into the hands of this bloody corrupt and disgraceful country, called Bharat, officially on 19^th December 1961 and unofficially on 18^th of that month. What is the quality of this country where it produces none other than the corrupt people and corrupt superiors wielding power.  Why our new generation will come up with good discipline and upright system when the millions of this generation are developing by witnessing everything bad in and around them?  When any Indian Child is brought up in such a filthy and faulty atmosphere, that child will surely grow up as corrupt thus creating one corrupt citizen who will be an addition to the level of corruption.  In this way by producing corrupt citizens we will never build our nation strongly.  Hence, India in general and Goa in particular will go on producing corrupt administrators, corrupt politicians and corrupt public figures. For this reason, we don’t have now in  my once “Bhangaracvhem Goem ” a single public figure, a single good person neither in my home nor in my Vaddo nor in my village, not in my Constituency nor in my Goa, not in my village school nor in my village Deu Mandir.  Our parents are become corrupt, our elders are also become corrupt, our priests and nuns are become corrupt, our religious leaders are become corrupt, our elected representatives from Panchayat, Legislative Assembly and Parliament are totally become “ordinar” because they won their Seats thru “ordinar” actions and to survive on their Chairs as MLA’s and Ministers and MP’s they still are doing ordinar actions as shamelessly as ever otherwise my Goa would have been a “Bhangarachem Goem” only.  See our elected representative, he does not even care for doing his duty, if he had to care he would have put things into order in our constituency where Roads are totally spoiled with such big holes because of which so many accidents take place killing so many innocent people and he does not care for this.  It looks such type of people are not brought up under the care and discipline of their mothers but by their Timanas and Mauximanas. What good we will receive from such representatives?  They are like hardened criminals immune to the cries of the people who voted them to power and finally they act as Sheikhs and Kings.  Can such people render good governance? When they perform their duties as Ladru and Pedru type of people, what benefit we will get from their corrupt governance? Their governance is of Ladru-Pedru type governance.     

      

While condemning the murder of this Hyderabadi girl, I strongly oppose the method used by the Police Force to liquidate the 4 alleged rapists.  Can the Police Force take law into their own hands and kill the 4 innocent people? I call them innocent and will also call them as such until they are proved guilty.  Is the Police Force given the authority to judge the 4 persons and pass the verdict to kill them ?  What a shame it is for the nation to have such a disgraceful Policemen in its department?  If this nation of Bharat is inhabited by the people with little more intelligence and a bit of concern for the justice, yesterday and today would be demonstrations on every nook and corner of the roads in India demanding proper justice to the 4 alleged rapists and thus put an end to this type of revenge killings as we have in remote parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan and elsewhere.  Today it is for the 4 people but tomorrow it can be for me and you too because power is going into the hands of rascals who are ready to do anything to protect them and their interest.  We cannot be the silent spectators to the dangerous events taking place in front of our eyes.   Are we from a civilized society to perpetuate this type of jungle rule?

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

          

ON THE DEATH OF THE LATE TIATRIST MASTER VAZ.

On behalf of myself and all the like minded Goans especially the Tiatro lovers, I express my deep feeling of regret over the news of the sad demise of one of the pillars of yesteryear Tiatrists, the late Jose Lawrence Vaz popularly known as Master Vaz in the Tiatro world, on 12^th of this month, he was in his nineties.

Master Vaz was the youngest Tiatrist during those days to  participate in the Tiatros and precisely because of this he was named as MASTER Vaz, this name he finally will carry to his grave tomorrow.  He was the most faithful lieutenant of the legendary Minguel Rod who stood by Rod even though Rod was wrong at times especially when Rod betrayed other two colleagues of his Trio, namely Kid Boxer & Young Menezes  and formed a Quarter comprising the great Alexinho de Candolim – C. Alvares – Jacinto Vaz – Minguel Rod, only to see him returning back afterawhile to the original Trio known as Kid-Young Rod. Minguel  Rod once told my father who was a close friend of Rod that “I will never find another jewel of a person in my life like my Kumpar” meaning Master Vaz, “who remained faithful to me thru thick and thin like Eva Braun remained faithful to Hitler”. Master Vaz to build his relationship with Minguel Rod on strong footing, made Rod his Kumpar by naming one of his siblings after him. Being his closest friend and colleague, Master was in his own handwriting scripted a few of Rod’s Tiatros of course dictated by Minguel Rod and being so he made by-heart many of Rod’s Tiatros. It so happened once while going to stage his Tiatro “Lembddo Santan” at P.T. Bhangwaddy, Bombay, Minguel Rod carrying the script of the Tiatro got drunk on the way and having lost his strength to walk any further, he slept there only on “Cross Maidan”  at Dhobitalao while Master Vaz and other artistes were eagerly awaiting the script.  Having no sign of the director who slept well there but awakened at dawn by some of the Tiatro goers who were returning home after watching the said Tiatro which was successfully staged under the direction of Master Vaz who knowing the whole script by-heart prompted it to each artiste successfully.  Such was the genius of this great Tiatrist who is one of the last vestiges of the first batch of the Tiarists.

A  few years back his Tiatrist son Marcus Vaz brought him to Kuwait to participate in his Tiatro  staged in Kuwait and when he came to know that the visiting artistes from Goa were accommodated at my place in Kuwait city, he was overwhelmed and showered fabulous praises on me not only for this gesture but more than that in his own words “for helping and promoting our Tiatros in Kuwait” and concluding thus, “please consider this Tiatro as yours too”.  We have felicitated him during the Tiatro in front of Hall packed audience who in unison gave him standing ovation.

Earlier, from mid sixties he was a strong member of Young Stars of Goa troupe where he was also playing the role of a female. I can still remember the short role he played then in Nelson Afonso’s highly political Tiatro “Nationalist”, of an innocent and ignorant person keeping the Bomb on the roadside on the command of Agente Monteiro where his trembling hands and terrorized eyes by the worst “Paklo” Agente Monteiro created fear into the minds and hearts of the audience.     

While concluding, I pray to Heavenly Father to take care of the soul of our dear Master Vaz who served Konkani Stage for such a long period and offer my heartfelt condolences to all his family members.

 

May the soul of Master Vaz rest in peace.

A.Veronica Fernandes.