Veronica,
You have the numbers wrong. Correct it to reflect as follows."We kindly request all the Goan associations who would like to help Mr. Miguel in any kind or form, may contact his Brother Mr. Alex who works at the Mcdonals in Jabriya. Cell #7647145 or Macdonald’s in Jabriya 5334848"
Regards
Well Wisher
April 28, 2007
April 27, 2007
HELP HELPLESS KUWAIT GOAN ACCIDENT VICTIM
HELP HELPLESS KUWAIT GOAN ACCIDENT VICTIM "MINGUEL FERNANDES".
Gulf is the area where everyone likes to come to earn petrodollar. Kuwait being the most sought after place in the Gulf for foreigners like us to come and work and develop our economic position back at home. Because of our employment in the Gulf in general and Kuwait in particular we have made tremendous strides in our otherwise poor economic conditions. If today Goa is so much economically developed it is partly because of the Gulf money that watered Goa’s booming economy. Because of Gulf, poor and average Goan by working in this area made excellent advancement in their life. It is the dream of many of the Goans in Goa to work in the Gulf and make some money and return back to his native place.
Minguel Fernandes a young man from Loutolim Salcette is one of the Goans who came to Kuwait to earn petrollar and make his financial position comfortable. By coming to Kuwait and joining one of the Catering companies his dream was fulfilled but his thoughts remained unfulfilled in life because as we say in one Konkani proverb “tachim chintnam zalint sopnam” because while dreaming his thoughts in the company bus when he was coming home from the work on 11th March this year, his bus met with an accident and he suffered severe injuries to his entire body making him totally disabled from waist down. Because of these injuries both his legs from below the knees were amputated. His physical condition is totally miserable. His employers are in the process of sending him back to Goa for further treatment. His Brother Mr. Alex who works at the Mcdonals in Jaberiya. Cell #7647145 or Macdonald’s in Jabriya 5334848 - working for Mcdonals in Jabriya Kuwait is a shattered man. He is asking help for his brother so that this help may sustain him back home in Goa where he requires lot of medication and financial assistance to face the remaining life of his either on wheel chair or on the bed as a crippled man.
The tradition of Goans in Kuwait is such as put by some of our elders is never to allow a suffering Goan to face more sufferings. Our elders have already built a tradition in Kuwait always to support a needy Goan with a “full na pakli”. In this contribution some participated while others not but contribution of some was very essential. Kuwait Goans are known to create wonders when the need of such issues creeps in. There are many examples in the past to prove my point and many of the current Kuwait Goans are part of these examples. It is during this type of generous help that we Kuwait Goans got united for the common goal even though many of us in many times oppose one another either on flimsy grounds or on ideological grounds. But when the matter of charity or helping hand comes, Kuwait Goans always proved to be united.
The disabled Minguel Fernandes as depicted in the photographic news item in this forum earlier, as supplied by Carmo Santos ex president of Goan Welfare Society requires financial assistance. To render this assistance is not difficult for our huge Kuwait Goan community. We have about 10 to 15 Goan Clubs and Goan Associations, each unit can subscribe to this generous cause with “ful na pakli”. Besides there are so many financially affluent individual Goans in Kuwait who can easily render some help to Minguel Fernandes by contacting directly to his brother on his Cell.
Besides and most importantly ON BEHALF OF ENTIRE GOAN COMMUNITY, Goan Welfare Society can give very good financial help for Minguel Fernandes because GWS is having in its kitty over 30 thousand Kuwaiti Dinars collected from the support and contributions of community members to be utilized for the cause of community and community members. This huge fund was collected not to build castles and invest in business ventures nor to keep in individual accounts of the few selected members but to help the community members in alleviating their sufferings. Precisely because of this motto this organization was named as Goan WELFARE Society. In the initial stages I was a part of this organization not only as a founder member but also one of the initiators supporting the main initiator Mr. Vincente Desouza while some of those who are now controlling GWS were on the fore front to destroy it. In the initial stages I along with my friends and colleagues was on the forefront to raise the funds for this GWS in different forms and this pressure and work we did to fatten the kitty of GWS so that we ultimately help the needy Goans first in our midst who are suffering.
The entire Goan community in Kuwait must know very well the financial strength of GWS and what it is capable of doing. With their current funds at the disposal of GWS we can do wonders for the cause of community in Kuwait. With the strength of this huge funds and by utilizing it for the real purpose of Goan welfare in Kuwait we cannot allow any single suffering Goan to suffer in Kuwait because of lack of financial help. It is time now for GWS under the new managing committee to open their eyes and come out with the donation of at least KD 5000/- (KD Five Thousand) minimum to Minguel Fernandes. Community members must also pressurize and impress upon GWS management to come out with substantial help for Minguel. By helping Minguel Fernandes GWS will not do any favour on anyone but by doing so it will only do its duty as per the motto of the GWS. And please note everyone, today it is the turn of Minguel Fernandes but tomorrow it may be the turn of any of the members of GWS. Don’t simply issue negative verdict just because I am raising this issue openly. I am raising this issue on humanitarian grounds and not for my personal benefits. I am raising this issue openly and publicly because I know that GWS is having in its kitty huge funds collected for the utility of the welfare of the community members. Personally I have nothing to gain in it but Minguel Fernandes will gain something. And as a matter of interest I don’t know personally Minguel Fernandes, he is neither my relative nor friend nor villager. He is from Salcette and I am from Bardez but for me he is first a Goykar as I am and every Goykar has a duty to perform towards his brother Goykar.
Next month and next week there are some cultural and entertainment programs in Kuwait. There is one Dance for May Queen. Cant the organizers themselves allocate some amount for Minguel Fernandes’ cause? Let charity begins at home. On 11th of next month there is going to be a Tiatro of Meni Mario organized by Xavier and Manuel. Can’t they allocate at least the Housie proceeds for the cause of Minguel Fernandes? Earlier they promised to donate “ful na pakli” to one crippled girl in Goa from the proceeds of “Daddy” Tiatro. I am happy that they are going to maintain their promise, as they told me, and shortly this “ful na pakli” as per them will be sent and announced to the public.
Many times people are asking me “how much money I charge for those whose publicity I do?”. For the knowledge of everyone, what I write and what publicity I do for Tiatros, soccer and other things, it is purely free of charge. I don’t accept any monetary benefit for doing publicity of any Tiatro or any Footbal game or tournament. I don’t even accept free pass unless I have no choice when I come to know the organisers will feel hurt and insulted by saying no to them. Even last time for “Daddy” Tiatro when I made total publicity and when the organizers came to me with a complimentary pass I politely turned it down. Even for football the same. During the early days of our soccer activities at Sour Grounds I was on the forefront to supply news items to both the local dailies and to Goa too. The organizers on the final day as a surprise to me, used to give me gifts as a sign of token. But soon I made it known to them that instead of giving me gifts please give paid advertisements to GULAB Konkani Magazine so that my efforts and sacrifices are gone for the most dearest cause of mine and that of genuine Goans, that is for the promotion of Konkani. For Cine Times also I used to render similar help.
Helping Minguel Fernandes is the challenge for our sense of generosity and sense of charity. Let us accept this challenge as we accepted many times in the past. And while concluding, let me repeat “TODAY FOR MINGUEL FERNANDES, TOMORROW IT MAY BE FOR YOU OR ME because nowadays anything can happen to anyone and at any time and at any place. At this time we must be helpful and also we must be conscious of the needs of our brother. And at this critical hour we cannot say to Minguel Fernandes in a Biblical way “AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?”. If we say so then surely we will face the wrath in a Biblical way.
Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
Gulf is the area where everyone likes to come to earn petrodollar. Kuwait being the most sought after place in the Gulf for foreigners like us to come and work and develop our economic position back at home. Because of our employment in the Gulf in general and Kuwait in particular we have made tremendous strides in our otherwise poor economic conditions. If today Goa is so much economically developed it is partly because of the Gulf money that watered Goa’s booming economy. Because of Gulf, poor and average Goan by working in this area made excellent advancement in their life. It is the dream of many of the Goans in Goa to work in the Gulf and make some money and return back to his native place.
Minguel Fernandes a young man from Loutolim Salcette is one of the Goans who came to Kuwait to earn petrollar and make his financial position comfortable. By coming to Kuwait and joining one of the Catering companies his dream was fulfilled but his thoughts remained unfulfilled in life because as we say in one Konkani proverb “tachim chintnam zalint sopnam” because while dreaming his thoughts in the company bus when he was coming home from the work on 11th March this year, his bus met with an accident and he suffered severe injuries to his entire body making him totally disabled from waist down. Because of these injuries both his legs from below the knees were amputated. His physical condition is totally miserable. His employers are in the process of sending him back to Goa for further treatment. His Brother Mr. Alex who works at the Mcdonals in Jaberiya. Cell #7647145 or Macdonald’s in Jabriya 5334848 - working for Mcdonals in Jabriya Kuwait is a shattered man. He is asking help for his brother so that this help may sustain him back home in Goa where he requires lot of medication and financial assistance to face the remaining life of his either on wheel chair or on the bed as a crippled man.
The tradition of Goans in Kuwait is such as put by some of our elders is never to allow a suffering Goan to face more sufferings. Our elders have already built a tradition in Kuwait always to support a needy Goan with a “full na pakli”. In this contribution some participated while others not but contribution of some was very essential. Kuwait Goans are known to create wonders when the need of such issues creeps in. There are many examples in the past to prove my point and many of the current Kuwait Goans are part of these examples. It is during this type of generous help that we Kuwait Goans got united for the common goal even though many of us in many times oppose one another either on flimsy grounds or on ideological grounds. But when the matter of charity or helping hand comes, Kuwait Goans always proved to be united.
The disabled Minguel Fernandes as depicted in the photographic news item in this forum earlier, as supplied by Carmo Santos ex president of Goan Welfare Society requires financial assistance. To render this assistance is not difficult for our huge Kuwait Goan community. We have about 10 to 15 Goan Clubs and Goan Associations, each unit can subscribe to this generous cause with “ful na pakli”. Besides there are so many financially affluent individual Goans in Kuwait who can easily render some help to Minguel Fernandes by contacting directly to his brother on his Cell.
Besides and most importantly ON BEHALF OF ENTIRE GOAN COMMUNITY, Goan Welfare Society can give very good financial help for Minguel Fernandes because GWS is having in its kitty over 30 thousand Kuwaiti Dinars collected from the support and contributions of community members to be utilized for the cause of community and community members. This huge fund was collected not to build castles and invest in business ventures nor to keep in individual accounts of the few selected members but to help the community members in alleviating their sufferings. Precisely because of this motto this organization was named as Goan WELFARE Society. In the initial stages I was a part of this organization not only as a founder member but also one of the initiators supporting the main initiator Mr. Vincente Desouza while some of those who are now controlling GWS were on the fore front to destroy it. In the initial stages I along with my friends and colleagues was on the forefront to raise the funds for this GWS in different forms and this pressure and work we did to fatten the kitty of GWS so that we ultimately help the needy Goans first in our midst who are suffering.
The entire Goan community in Kuwait must know very well the financial strength of GWS and what it is capable of doing. With their current funds at the disposal of GWS we can do wonders for the cause of community in Kuwait. With the strength of this huge funds and by utilizing it for the real purpose of Goan welfare in Kuwait we cannot allow any single suffering Goan to suffer in Kuwait because of lack of financial help. It is time now for GWS under the new managing committee to open their eyes and come out with the donation of at least KD 5000/- (KD Five Thousand) minimum to Minguel Fernandes. Community members must also pressurize and impress upon GWS management to come out with substantial help for Minguel. By helping Minguel Fernandes GWS will not do any favour on anyone but by doing so it will only do its duty as per the motto of the GWS. And please note everyone, today it is the turn of Minguel Fernandes but tomorrow it may be the turn of any of the members of GWS. Don’t simply issue negative verdict just because I am raising this issue openly. I am raising this issue on humanitarian grounds and not for my personal benefits. I am raising this issue openly and publicly because I know that GWS is having in its kitty huge funds collected for the utility of the welfare of the community members. Personally I have nothing to gain in it but Minguel Fernandes will gain something. And as a matter of interest I don’t know personally Minguel Fernandes, he is neither my relative nor friend nor villager. He is from Salcette and I am from Bardez but for me he is first a Goykar as I am and every Goykar has a duty to perform towards his brother Goykar.
Next month and next week there are some cultural and entertainment programs in Kuwait. There is one Dance for May Queen. Cant the organizers themselves allocate some amount for Minguel Fernandes’ cause? Let charity begins at home. On 11th of next month there is going to be a Tiatro of Meni Mario organized by Xavier and Manuel. Can’t they allocate at least the Housie proceeds for the cause of Minguel Fernandes? Earlier they promised to donate “ful na pakli” to one crippled girl in Goa from the proceeds of “Daddy” Tiatro. I am happy that they are going to maintain their promise, as they told me, and shortly this “ful na pakli” as per them will be sent and announced to the public.
Many times people are asking me “how much money I charge for those whose publicity I do?”. For the knowledge of everyone, what I write and what publicity I do for Tiatros, soccer and other things, it is purely free of charge. I don’t accept any monetary benefit for doing publicity of any Tiatro or any Footbal game or tournament. I don’t even accept free pass unless I have no choice when I come to know the organisers will feel hurt and insulted by saying no to them. Even last time for “Daddy” Tiatro when I made total publicity and when the organizers came to me with a complimentary pass I politely turned it down. Even for football the same. During the early days of our soccer activities at Sour Grounds I was on the forefront to supply news items to both the local dailies and to Goa too. The organizers on the final day as a surprise to me, used to give me gifts as a sign of token. But soon I made it known to them that instead of giving me gifts please give paid advertisements to GULAB Konkani Magazine so that my efforts and sacrifices are gone for the most dearest cause of mine and that of genuine Goans, that is for the promotion of Konkani. For Cine Times also I used to render similar help.
Helping Minguel Fernandes is the challenge for our sense of generosity and sense of charity. Let us accept this challenge as we accepted many times in the past. And while concluding, let me repeat “TODAY FOR MINGUEL FERNANDES, TOMORROW IT MAY BE FOR YOU OR ME because nowadays anything can happen to anyone and at any time and at any place. At this time we must be helpful and also we must be conscious of the needs of our brother. And at this critical hour we cannot say to Minguel Fernandes in a Biblical way “AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?”. If we say so then surely we will face the wrath in a Biblical way.
Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
April 24, 2007
RAHUL GANDHI & NEHRU FAMILY.
These days lot of news appear in India about the king in making of India Rahul Gandhi who uses his tongue like a pigmy politicians simply to woo the voters towards Congress Party. At 36 Rahul Gandhi is not a young boy, he is matured and fully grown up man and as such he should be clever enough while making his statements. The contribution of Nehru family in India deserves compliments but that does not mean they were infallible and omnipotent. Rahul said “had his family been in power in 1992, it would have stopped Hindu mobs from razing a controversial mosque in Uttar Pradesh”. To counter this statement let me say that Rahul, his sister Priyanka and his Italian born mother Sonia were not sleeping in the cot as small kids in oblivion of what was happening beyond their residence in Delhi. Their Congress party under the premiership of Congressman Narasimha Rao was ruling India from Delhi and Rahul’s mother and all his family members were in full control of the working of Government machinery under the Congress rule. Being so, Rahul’s family members were aware of the events taking place at Ayodya for the destruction of Islamic Mosque. As a Prime Minister of Congress Party, Premier Narshima Rao had all the intelligence reports at his disposal and based on this he could have taken appropriate action much in advance. Kar Sevaks or communal Hindu militants were openly coming from all over India with their deadly weapons and piercing instruments to demolish the Mosque. This news was known to Premier’s office and also to Rahuls family. Yet they kept total silence because they all were party to the demolition of Babri Masjid, though not physically but thru remote control. If the Prime Minister of the country does not come to know what is happening in his own country then what sort of premier is he? Narashima Rao and his entire Congress Party and Ministry knew that Babri Masjid is going to be demolished and they wanted this to happen for this reason they closed their eyes.Further to the same news Rahul Gandhi “claimed family credit for India getting independence from Britain in 1947 and also for saying his family was responsible for the division of Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh”. To take entire credit for Nehru family for attaining independence for India is a Dr. Goebellian lie. What about others from non-Congress block who fought so vigorously for the independence of India? What about Karamchand Mohandas Gandhi who is called the father of the nation for his dynamic leadership in the fight for the independence of India? Was Mahatma Gandhi a member of Nehru and Rahul family? In fact Rahul family accidentally robbed the credibility, dignity, integrity and popularity of Mahatma Gandhi. People in India still not aware the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi who was the late Parsi husband of Rahul’s grand mother Indira Gandhi. Huge number of illiterate Indians feel that the name Gandhi applied to Indira Gandhi and her sons and grand children are inherited from Mahatmah Gandhi. Hence the advantage for Rahul’s family to capitalize on the name “Gandhi”. Even Priyanka Gandhi the only sister of Rahul retained her maiden name as Gandhi inspite of getting married to outside Gandhi clan. Indian family system is patriarchal and not matriarchal to inherit the family name of the mother. Nehru family is a cunning family and for this reason Priyanka is retaining her maiden name as Priyanka Gandhi. It looks she wants to jump into politics at an appropriate time by capitalising on the name "Gandhi".
About the division of Pakistan, Nehru was also responsible for the creation of Pakistan for his selfish interest. Nehru and his clique never wanted Muslims to be in majority or near to majority in India. Nehru and his clique wanted the domination of Hindus in India. If India was not to partition, Muslims in India would wield huge power and influence which would be detrimental to the interest of Hindus who at times proved to be more communal than others. If India was not to partition in 1947, today united India would be a big powerhouse even shaking the world. Greed of Nehru for political power at the Centre was also an important factor for the creation of division of India. Nehru never wanted to hand over premiership of united India to Jinnah though to please Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru superficially agreed. But Nehru’s real intention was to grab highest power and in this he succeeded. But at what cost? At the cost of division of one nation thru bloodbath.
Rahul Gandhi should be ashamed to be a member of Nehru family that was instrumental in the division of Pakistan and creation of Bangladesh. The big mistake of Rahul’s grandmother was her involvement directly in East Pakistan. Are Bangladeshi’s grateful to India for what India did for them? To create Bangladesh, India lost so much in manpower and other resources. If it was not for India, Bangladesh would never come into existence. But on their independence day function, nobody remembers the sacrifices India made for its birth. By creating Bangladesh the late Indira Gandhi created another front for India as deadly opponents in Kashmir. This front will never give peace to India because as reported this front is the creation of Pakistan and it is propped up by Pakistani elements which are deeply hurt when India dismembered Pakistan and created Bangladesh. India’s involvement under Indira Gandhi in East Pakistan was a big mistake. Because of this big mistake India as a whole is now suffering in Kashmir and elsewhere in India and the effects of these sufferings are felt everywhere in India. I am sure these sufferings will not stop. On the contrary these sufferings will go on increasing because “sword begets sword”. I am not proud of Nehru family for what harm it did for India.
And while concluding, why should I be proud of Nehru family when one of its members Indira Gandhi introduced Emergency rule in India in 1975 thereby destroying democracy and civil liberties in India? This was the worst rule in India than that of Hitler's and also of Saddam Hussein. Good that we Indians are not Iraqis otherwise soon after the victory of Janata Party in India, Indira Gandhi would face the gallows. Good that we Indians are cultured people otherwise Indira Gandhi would have been brought out of her house forcibly and killed on the street in New Delhi by the mob fury. Rahul Gandhi is the grandson of Indira Gndhi. He may inherit his grandmothers cruelties. Indians should be cautious of this man especially when he boasts of the inherittance of Nehru family which produced selfish and most cruel leaders in India.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Safat, Kuwait.
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