This is in
response to the attitude of the people
who were just standing and watching the killing of the owner of Margao
Gold Shopkeeper on 2nd of this month instead of preventing
physically the murderers from executing their action. Prophet Mohammed when once
asked “when there will be justice in this world, replied Prophet saying,. “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 the world”. Was justice done to the innocent Swapnil Walke the
Shopkeeper by all those passers-by and those who were standing there when assailants
were busy in killing the victim? They
all have failed in their just duty to protect Walke and in view of this they
are to be held equally responsibility as
the murderers.
I am surprised how so many Goans who were witnessing this
murder have failed in doing one just act of rushing there to prevent the
assailants from executing their most sinister act !!. Some of them it seems were busy in clicking
photos and video filming on their mobiles. For whom to show and for what purpose? All my Goan brothers and sisters who at least
could have shouted loudly and gathered more people to face the asailants. By
doing nothing preventive they failed in
their duty to protect the life of an innocent man. To remain silent during such
crisis is an un-Goan act for which I feel very sorry. Where is our Goannes gone?
There is one dirty
habit in our life which is captivating our minds and hearts and this habit is day
by day increasing among us which came in greater magnitude and captivated us soon after the ouster
of Portuguese rule from Goa. This habit
is indicating our selfishness and that was inducted in our Goa with greater magnitude by the
unwanted influx of non-Goans who captured every piece of Goa immediately after
the acquisition of Goa by the Bharat.
And what is called that habit? It
is called “MAKAM KITEAK PODDLAM?”.
Tukaim poddok na ani makaim poddonk na tor konnak poddlam? Tujea Maechea Ghovak? It was so surprising
that not a single person or a few persons standing there among the crowd
watching the murder had no guts in them to show their manly capacity? Were they all females or babies? Where is the guts of Goans normally
associated in them from their
birth? Goans are normally known to be
very brave, when he is small he learns to face the dangers of life when he goes
to the mountain for his work and where
he encounters most of the deadly wild animals and poisonous Snakes, when he
climbs the tall coconut trees jeorpordising his life hundreds of times daily,
going into deep sea facing bravely the
deadly high waves inhabited by furious Sharks, walking thru the most risky and
isolated routes manned by the worst robbers and cruel murderers and so many
others where the Goan is developed to encounter the most dangerous men. I am unable to find out what type of cowards
those Goenkars who were standing there in front of the crime scene and just
watching the scene as if they were watching the football match at Rajandra Prasad
stadium.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
