by Daniel F. de Souza dannyboy04@rediffmail.com
Mogall Ballka Jezu
Zaitea kallan anik ek pautt tujea zolma somoiar hi chitt tuka borovpachi hanv sondhi ghetam ani mhojea monna-kallzantlim bhavnnam, khonti-huske, tuka ugddape kortam. Somzotam tum tancher tujem lokx ghaltoloi ani favo te bhaxen kaim prosn tujea mhukar manddleat tankam suttave kortoloi.
He chittichi survat korpakuch hanv matso fattim-fuddem zatam karann khuincho vixoi gheun ti survat korchi hoch mhaka motto prosn poddla. Punn kaim nezo, somzottam tum mhoji oddchon mandun ghetoloi mhunn ani khuim mhojem chuklam-sandlam zalear tem tum somzun vhortoloi mhunn.
Hi chitt tuka borounk ekuch karann mhollear amche Goenche poristhiticher tujem thoddem bhov lokx oddun haddunk. Aiz amchem sobit sundor Goem okosmat eka mottea vaddoll tufanantlean zoddpota. Hanga hea amchea dhaktulea goeant aiz kitleo atveoch ani niallunk zaina tosleo ghoddneo ghoddttat. Poile suvater sangchem mholllear, aiz amchim lhan bhurgim hanga bilkul surokxit nant. Tancher hot’teachar zata, tanchi moriad surokxit nam karann hanga aiz antrea poirean lhan xallek vetoleam bhurgeancher legun bolatkar zata ani hea bhurgeanchi fulti jinn bhavon veta. Vhaddlolea cheddvank ani bailankui hanga surokxit bhovonk ani somazant jieunk favo ti mekhllik ani surokxa nam. Tancherui bolatkarachem ani hot’teacharachem kallem kup posorlam. Konn kedna konnacho ghat gheit hem niallunk ani chintunk zaina. Karan aiz Goenchem vattavronnuch sap bodol’lam, karann hanga hea goeant goenkaracho ankhddo disan-dis komi zait veta ani ‘Bhaile’ hanga yeun aplem raj choloitat. Bolatkaram vangdda khun krimicho ankhddo dor disa vaddot choddot veta.
Aiz amchea Goyant amchea xiklolea tornatteank favo ti zodd asloli nokri mellonk khub moskil zalam. Goyant karkhanneanim nokreo asat teo chodd xeo bhaile yeun hanga sthan korun amcheo nokreo gheun bosleat. Xikon bekar aslole amche tornatte aiz torekvar vesonnak boli poddleat, zoxe porim soreachem, ani vikhalleam vokhdanchem. Aiz nokri mellonam zaun zaite amche put Portugez pasaporti korun Evropak gheleat aplea pottachi bhuk marpak ani jivitachem udarposonn korpak. Goenchea putam dhuvank goyantuch ravpak ani aplem jivit folladik korpak favo teo sovloti nant, dekhun porki desanim vochun thuim porkeanche gulam zaun nokreo korcheo poddttat. He babtin tor dor ek nivllun haddlolo Goycho sorkar asvasonnach diet aila…ani azun meren hem tanchem dhoronn zobor xem bodlunk nam. Asvasonna xivai amchea sorkara koddlean anik vhoddlem-xem dusrem kaim diunk zaina.
Zaite amche tornatte jivitacho rosto chukon ani ghorant favo tem margdorxonn naslolean vikhalleam okhdanche gulam zaun duddvanche axen tallnent poddun aplea ixttanche khun legun korpak pavleat ani aplem ani aplea ghorabeachem nanv chiklant uddoun mekhlle zaleat. Aiz amchea goeant ixtt-ixttanchech khun kortat ani ixttagoticho bhandpas kochreachea dobeant xevttun martat. Hem tuka goddiek vichitr distolem, punn hem jivem soth. 25 vorsam fattim aikonk naslele kauz ani ghoddneo atam amchea goeant disa-dispottim ghoddun yetat ani hem sogllem vachun kallzak borich dukh bhogta. Hem oxem kiteak ghoddtta ani hacho zababdar konn hacho zabab mellpak kottin zalam. Aiz anik ek khontichi gozal aikun yeta mhonnttat ti mhollear amchem Goem ek xindullkichem vhodd moidan koxem zalam, zuim xindullki ani kuddicho dhonddo nettan ani zobordosten cholta. Hanga kaim vattharanim porki ostoreo legun bonvdekaranchem rup gheun hea kanttaleachea dhonddean misoll zal’leo asat Hem oslem kuddichem dadhosponn bhogpak zaito Goeam bhailo bhonvddekar hanga lall’leoun yetat ani uprant aple kuddichi ast bhagoun zali mhonntoch hi amchi povitr bhuim bosttaun vetat. Hantun zaite goenkar bhav-bhoinn legun misoll zal’leo asat mhunn tuka borovpak mhaka loz dista. Osle mezgotin Goem atam Asia-chea mapar Bangkok ani Pattaya sarkem ek ‘Paedophilia-chem ani xindullkechem’ zolltem akhttem mhunn ontoraxttrik mollar porke Goyan-k ollkhotat ani her desantle bhovddekar atam amkam sokoile nodrent polletat. Hem sogllem noxtt ani kanttallo Goychea doria deger aslolea vattharanim posorlam ani hachi pallam her kaim zageancher legun pavot asat. Zaiteam hangacheam tornatteancher ek chaltich nodor marlear kalliz dukhta….…tanche churchure distat. Tum goddiek mhonnttoloi hanga kaido nam kai mhunn?? Asa, kaiddo asa, punn kaideache rakhonnddar zaite pautt ‘aikon bhere dison kurdde’ oslem sovong kortat, dekhun kaiddeacho konno moddla, kaiddo ophangull zala.
Atam amchea goeamkaranchea hatin ogllo poiso-i bi gholltat ani zaite fautt hea oglleam duddvancho goemkaranim goir faiddo kaddla. ‘Night club’ ani her pozoddponnam choltat tea zageancher vochun kaim zannanim kuddik khotti khoxalkai duddvani vikot ghetlea. Hea night-club-anim zobor xe tornnatte-tornattinch nodrekh zollkhotat. Vikhalleam okhddancho dhunvor hanga tornatteank guspottaun marta. Adlea kallar ami TB ani Typhoid he don torenche marekar rog asat mhunn aikol’lem, zankam sompo voizuki upai naslo. Punn atam ani ek rog bhitor sorla ani to mhollear AIDS. Goeant tor he piddent koxtovtoleancho ankhddo khub unch pavlla ani disandi nove nove tornne kankadde he piddeche xikar zatat. He piddecher ilaz nam hem khobor ason toriastana konnak kainch poddun vochunk nam. Mouza ani vounddavnne xivai hanga dusrea kiteakuch orth nam. Dor ektto apleak zai-zai te bhaxen miroita ani mouza marta. Uprant uxir zatoch mat chittunk poddta. Aiz zaiteam avoi-bapaiche besarmaiek lagun tanche bhurge hati bhair pavleat ani tanchea ghorabeanim odruxtt bhitor sorlam. Zaiteam avoi-bapaink bhurge ason nam zaleat. Hem sogllem 450 vorsam adim Sam Francisk Xavier-an kirsti dhorm porgottlolea mannkullea Goyant ghoddtta!
Aiz amkam amchea Goyant zantteak favo to respet man nam. Avoi-Bapui xapai-xemai zanttim zalim mhonntoch tankam tanchea ghorant zago asona, tankam vhorun rokddinch khuim tori pois ajilani kivam madrinchea ghoranim bhorti kortat ani tanche nimanne dis tannim hanga eksurponnant oxech sarche poddtat. Aiz kitlinch tornattim cheddvam patkache tallnechim xikar zaun anvkar astanach avoi-ponnacho bhes bhogunk pauleant ani uprant hea patkache savllent zolmant haddlolea bhurgeank vhorun onath ashramanim bhorti kelleant. Hem amchea aichea somazachem vhodd durdoiv. Tea xivai anik kaim asat jim hi patkachi savlli koddek kaddunk kusveant ghorb sambhaul’lem foll ghorbpat korun Devachi rochnnam sonvsaracho uzvadd polleunchea adinch khun korun tankam nattak kortat ani tanchea rogtachea papachim zababdari zatat. Oslea papan aplem hat ani bottam niropradi bhurgeachea rogtan misoll korunk kaim amche dotorui ontoskornacher patt korun duddvanche axen oslem khottem kortub adharunk pattim ravonant. Hem sogllem oxem ghoddtta karann aichea monxan noitik totvank uzeant lasun tancho gobor kela ani denvcharachea bhulovnneak fuddo korun aplem jivit jieta.
Anik thodde bhov motte prosn aiz Goeank disan-dis sotaitat zoxe porim SEZ, kochro, (garbage), Casinos, bekarponn, nollachem udok, apa-lipa khellti bizli, khondd poddlole roste ani tancher obghati mornna, halto-dolto-oskot zal’lo amcho sorkar, broxttochar, fottingponnam, divorce, disan-dis vaddti on-Goykaranchi sonkh’kea, lipincho prosnn, adi, adi, adi. Punn, hem sogllem bariksannem borovnk anik zaitinch pannam vetlim, dekhun he babtin kitem sangchem asa tem hanv tuka porxim bhett diunk yetlom tednam ami dogui sangatam bosun hacher barik cheorcha korchi.
Te meren hea voir ul’lekh kel’leam prosnnak mat favo to ilaz niallun dovor ani tum yetai tedna to matso Goyant vevharant ghalunk fuddakar ghe. Hem kam anik konnach dusrea kodden zait oxem mhaka bilkul bhorvanso nam….nizacho Goykar niraxi zala….khub dukhovla, khonttovla….…..tachea kallzache ghai dhuvun kadd ani tujea mogan te pekoi. Amchea Goychi novsornnim kor….ani taka ek novem jivit di. Karann amchem Goy soglleam odruxtantlem vattaunk Tuje poddvecheruch thorlolem asa, karann amchea Goychem anik konnak poddun vochunk nam……nhoi mhunn ami nivllun haddlolea sorkarak legun………Aam Aadmi mhunn gharannim ghalun amchea kannak jitim vaingim bhandleant….tim tum katrun kadd ani dor ekleache amche kann dolle ugodd mogalla Ballka Jezu.
Tumche poddvecher ani borea mogacher visvas thevun tujea Dev yenneak axeun ravtam.
: Ho lekh Dezembr mhoineachea Gulab ankar porgott zala :
December 17, 2007
December 15, 2007
DEATH SENTENCE IN KUWAIT COMMUTED.
DEATH SENTENCE TO FILIPINA COMMUTED IN KUWAIT.
In Kuwait approximately there are about 1,30,000 Filipino workers amongst them a major portion consists of Maids. Overwhelming majority of these maids are not meant to work as maids since they are qualified and professionals in their respective professions but they come to work here as maids because of financial necessity and to alleviate their poverty back at home. Having no other choice, they come to work in Kuwait as maids which is the easiest and cheapest mode of coming to Kuwait to earn Dinars. A year ago one maid named Marilou Ranario was arrested by the Kuwait Police for stabbing to death her employer Madame because as reported, according to Ranario her Madame insulted her and her nationality. Humiliated by the insults Ranario took this extreme step. After a fair trial conducted by the Kuwait’s judiciary, Marilou Ranario was sentenced to death by hanging. Hearing this news the entire Filipino community in Kuwait was shocked. So too Ranario’s people and well wishers in Philippines. There was heavy pressure on the Government of Philippines in Manila to use its influence and good offices with the Government of Kuwait and its leadership to save Ranario from the gallows thru mercy petition. Philipinos in Philippines organized rallies and public meetings to exert pressure on their Government headed by Mrs. Arroyo to act and to act fast. Philipinos in Kuwait too created a heavy awakening amongst them to influence their Embassy in Kuwait to put pressure on their Government back at home in Manila to rescue Ranario from the clutches of death sentence by hanging.
Finally the power of people’s movement in Kuwait amongst the Philipinos and back at home too awakened their Government. The Government of Philippines is otherwise very sensitive of the well being and plight of its citizens abroad especially in the Gulf where lot of harassments are meted out to the expatriate workers, especially from the domestic sector. When the death sentence of Ranario was confirmed and upheld by the higher court, the vice president of Philippines immediately issued a statement pleading with the Government of Kuwait and its leadership to commute it. He even went a step ahead and with all his humility and with all the love and concern for for its small citizen Marilou Ranario the vice president of Philippines said “if necessary, I will go on my knees to the Amir of Kuwait to beg with him to spare the life of Ranario”. Oh my God!! What a humility and concern shown by the Philippines Government for its one ordinary citizen? Will our Government display such a love and concern for our citizens found in similar situation?
Finally a few days back the president of Philippines Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with a delegation of 120 top personnel arrived in Kuwait on a special mission where Mrs. Arroyo pleaded with the Amir of Kuwait the clemency for Marilou Ranario. Bowing down to the plea of Arroyo, the Amir of Kuwait His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah commuted the death sentence of Marilou Ranario to life imprisonment with a promise to further reduce it after certain conditions and obligations are met. Though the trial given to Marilou Ranario was fair as per some legal experts yet the compassion shown by the Amir of Kuwait in this case is really laudable. While giving clemency to Ranario, the Amir of Kuwait said to Arroyo that normally he does not interfere with the judicial process “but since you are here to personally appeal for Ranario, I will not sign the decree of execution. That is within my power. I will reduce the penalty to life and when the other parties sign the forgiveness, I will further reduce the penalty”.
Now take the case of our Goan Francisco Araujo from St. Cruz, Ilhas who was hanged in Kuwait approximately a year before the invasion of Kuwait. He was sentenced for capital punishment – death by hanging – because he killed two persons, one bus driver and the other bus conductor of Kuwait Public Transport. Araujo was a poor man having his mother, sister, brother and other relatives working in Kuwait as domestics. His poor brother Daniel begged – borrowed money from here and there and hired a lawyer to fight the case of Francisco Araujo. But nothing has changed, his sentence was finally upheld by the higher court and ultimately Francisco Araujo was hanged. Before the execution of this sentence Daniel as he told me, went to Indian Embassy to arrange a mercy petition for clemency for his brother in death row Francisco Araujo. Regrettably and of course shockingly, Daniel told me that instead of giving a keen hearing to his plea, he was diplomatically told to get out by our Embassy personnel saying “you Goans are killing people and want mercy?? For what??” Having no choice, Daniel came back. Then he approached our Catholic Church where the then Bishop Mechallef gave a very sympathetic hearing to Daniel, prepared a mercy petition on behalf of the Catholic Church and presented it to the authority concerned but nothing worked in favour of our Goan brother who was finally hanged.
The Bishop of Kuwait Mong. Francisco Mechallef a Maltese citizen that time shown lot of sympathy to Araujo in death row, personally himself went to the prison to pay visit to Araujo, consoled him and even hearing his confession. Sometimes Bishop used to take in his car the mother of Francisco Araujo to see her son. Even the coffin for the funeral of Araujo was provided by the Church. The funeral scene in the Church and in the Cemetry was terrible. Almost everybody was crying, some sobbing softly while others screaming. It was an unbearable scene. Everybody was terrified but as instructed the body was not allowed to keep open in the Church nor in the Cemetry. The coffin was firmly screwed so that nobody can open it.
The funeral of Francisco Araujo was held in Kuwait attended by the Church packed faithfuls. Goans in good number joined in the funeral mass and burial. I was one of the persons who washed and dressed the body of Francisco Araujo and was too deeply involved in making arrangement for the funeral and burial formalities. My greatest act was to lower his coffin from one end into the grave by firmly standing in the grave. Next day, local Arab Times published a front page story of this funeral service in the Church and mine too carrying the coffin of Francisco Araujo on my shoulder and also one more photo where I was holding and pacifying the sister and mother of hanged Francisco Araujo. Though I went all out to assist in the funeral and burial yet many of my compatriots criticized me for involving with the funeral of a criminal. Even at my work place my superiors showed their dislike for my involvement in this funeral as if it was a sin to help the criminal. But I cared none and if worst came I was prepared myself for any eventuality.
While concluding, I ask one BIG QUESTION to my fellow citizens in Kuwait and in Goa in particular and in India in general. Is our Indian Embassy capable to climb mountains to save the life of any Indian citizen in a similar case as Filippines Embassy did? Is our Indian Government willing to condescend like Philippines Government and work strenuously to save the life of any Indian citizen awaiting the gallows? Will our Indian president or vice president or Prime Minister dare to take the course of action as done by the president and vice president of Philippines? Will our Indian public in India bring pressure on our Government in Delhi the way Philipinos did in Philippines to save the life of Ms Ranario? Will our Indian – leave aside Goan – Government take interest in its citizens the way Philippines Government did? NEVER EVER. Indian Government treats its citizens especially expatriates and mainly from the Gulf as non-entities. Who cares for us and for our woes? NRI Commissioners and Ministers for Overseas Indians are just a big tamasha and they will remain so. Because of the careless attitude of our government towards us, we are treated as dirt. Our importance will go up only when we as citizens of India are granted Voting Rights from outside India as others are having. Because we are not voting for our representatives, our representatives in Indian Parliament and Legislative Assemblies are not caring for our woes and pleas. Why only our government in India? Even our own Embassy below our noses does not care for us. Sometimes Embassy staff are acting like Maharajas exactly the way our Ministers and elected representatives are acting in Goa in particular and India as a whole in general. What good one can get from these artificial Maharajas for the common Indian and especially for those working in domestic sector? To fight for our rights and privileges we as expatriates will have to create a front of ours manned by the ex - expatriates only and not by Faleiros, not by Goa based Advocates, not by retired army generals and not by any Altu-Faltu nor any Ladru Pedru who is ignorant of our difficulties. By coming to Kuwait with the excuse of fact finding mission for 2-3 days as visitors nothing will change for us.
Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
In Kuwait approximately there are about 1,30,000 Filipino workers amongst them a major portion consists of Maids. Overwhelming majority of these maids are not meant to work as maids since they are qualified and professionals in their respective professions but they come to work here as maids because of financial necessity and to alleviate their poverty back at home. Having no other choice, they come to work in Kuwait as maids which is the easiest and cheapest mode of coming to Kuwait to earn Dinars. A year ago one maid named Marilou Ranario was arrested by the Kuwait Police for stabbing to death her employer Madame because as reported, according to Ranario her Madame insulted her and her nationality. Humiliated by the insults Ranario took this extreme step. After a fair trial conducted by the Kuwait’s judiciary, Marilou Ranario was sentenced to death by hanging. Hearing this news the entire Filipino community in Kuwait was shocked. So too Ranario’s people and well wishers in Philippines. There was heavy pressure on the Government of Philippines in Manila to use its influence and good offices with the Government of Kuwait and its leadership to save Ranario from the gallows thru mercy petition. Philipinos in Philippines organized rallies and public meetings to exert pressure on their Government headed by Mrs. Arroyo to act and to act fast. Philipinos in Kuwait too created a heavy awakening amongst them to influence their Embassy in Kuwait to put pressure on their Government back at home in Manila to rescue Ranario from the clutches of death sentence by hanging.
Finally the power of people’s movement in Kuwait amongst the Philipinos and back at home too awakened their Government. The Government of Philippines is otherwise very sensitive of the well being and plight of its citizens abroad especially in the Gulf where lot of harassments are meted out to the expatriate workers, especially from the domestic sector. When the death sentence of Ranario was confirmed and upheld by the higher court, the vice president of Philippines immediately issued a statement pleading with the Government of Kuwait and its leadership to commute it. He even went a step ahead and with all his humility and with all the love and concern for for its small citizen Marilou Ranario the vice president of Philippines said “if necessary, I will go on my knees to the Amir of Kuwait to beg with him to spare the life of Ranario”. Oh my God!! What a humility and concern shown by the Philippines Government for its one ordinary citizen? Will our Government display such a love and concern for our citizens found in similar situation?
Finally a few days back the president of Philippines Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with a delegation of 120 top personnel arrived in Kuwait on a special mission where Mrs. Arroyo pleaded with the Amir of Kuwait the clemency for Marilou Ranario. Bowing down to the plea of Arroyo, the Amir of Kuwait His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah commuted the death sentence of Marilou Ranario to life imprisonment with a promise to further reduce it after certain conditions and obligations are met. Though the trial given to Marilou Ranario was fair as per some legal experts yet the compassion shown by the Amir of Kuwait in this case is really laudable. While giving clemency to Ranario, the Amir of Kuwait said to Arroyo that normally he does not interfere with the judicial process “but since you are here to personally appeal for Ranario, I will not sign the decree of execution. That is within my power. I will reduce the penalty to life and when the other parties sign the forgiveness, I will further reduce the penalty”.
Now take the case of our Goan Francisco Araujo from St. Cruz, Ilhas who was hanged in Kuwait approximately a year before the invasion of Kuwait. He was sentenced for capital punishment – death by hanging – because he killed two persons, one bus driver and the other bus conductor of Kuwait Public Transport. Araujo was a poor man having his mother, sister, brother and other relatives working in Kuwait as domestics. His poor brother Daniel begged – borrowed money from here and there and hired a lawyer to fight the case of Francisco Araujo. But nothing has changed, his sentence was finally upheld by the higher court and ultimately Francisco Araujo was hanged. Before the execution of this sentence Daniel as he told me, went to Indian Embassy to arrange a mercy petition for clemency for his brother in death row Francisco Araujo. Regrettably and of course shockingly, Daniel told me that instead of giving a keen hearing to his plea, he was diplomatically told to get out by our Embassy personnel saying “you Goans are killing people and want mercy?? For what??” Having no choice, Daniel came back. Then he approached our Catholic Church where the then Bishop Mechallef gave a very sympathetic hearing to Daniel, prepared a mercy petition on behalf of the Catholic Church and presented it to the authority concerned but nothing worked in favour of our Goan brother who was finally hanged.
The Bishop of Kuwait Mong. Francisco Mechallef a Maltese citizen that time shown lot of sympathy to Araujo in death row, personally himself went to the prison to pay visit to Araujo, consoled him and even hearing his confession. Sometimes Bishop used to take in his car the mother of Francisco Araujo to see her son. Even the coffin for the funeral of Araujo was provided by the Church. The funeral scene in the Church and in the Cemetry was terrible. Almost everybody was crying, some sobbing softly while others screaming. It was an unbearable scene. Everybody was terrified but as instructed the body was not allowed to keep open in the Church nor in the Cemetry. The coffin was firmly screwed so that nobody can open it.
The funeral of Francisco Araujo was held in Kuwait attended by the Church packed faithfuls. Goans in good number joined in the funeral mass and burial. I was one of the persons who washed and dressed the body of Francisco Araujo and was too deeply involved in making arrangement for the funeral and burial formalities. My greatest act was to lower his coffin from one end into the grave by firmly standing in the grave. Next day, local Arab Times published a front page story of this funeral service in the Church and mine too carrying the coffin of Francisco Araujo on my shoulder and also one more photo where I was holding and pacifying the sister and mother of hanged Francisco Araujo. Though I went all out to assist in the funeral and burial yet many of my compatriots criticized me for involving with the funeral of a criminal. Even at my work place my superiors showed their dislike for my involvement in this funeral as if it was a sin to help the criminal. But I cared none and if worst came I was prepared myself for any eventuality.
While concluding, I ask one BIG QUESTION to my fellow citizens in Kuwait and in Goa in particular and in India in general. Is our Indian Embassy capable to climb mountains to save the life of any Indian citizen in a similar case as Filippines Embassy did? Is our Indian Government willing to condescend like Philippines Government and work strenuously to save the life of any Indian citizen awaiting the gallows? Will our Indian president or vice president or Prime Minister dare to take the course of action as done by the president and vice president of Philippines? Will our Indian public in India bring pressure on our Government in Delhi the way Philipinos did in Philippines to save the life of Ms Ranario? Will our Indian – leave aside Goan – Government take interest in its citizens the way Philippines Government did? NEVER EVER. Indian Government treats its citizens especially expatriates and mainly from the Gulf as non-entities. Who cares for us and for our woes? NRI Commissioners and Ministers for Overseas Indians are just a big tamasha and they will remain so. Because of the careless attitude of our government towards us, we are treated as dirt. Our importance will go up only when we as citizens of India are granted Voting Rights from outside India as others are having. Because we are not voting for our representatives, our representatives in Indian Parliament and Legislative Assemblies are not caring for our woes and pleas. Why only our government in India? Even our own Embassy below our noses does not care for us. Sometimes Embassy staff are acting like Maharajas exactly the way our Ministers and elected representatives are acting in Goa in particular and India as a whole in general. What good one can get from these artificial Maharajas for the common Indian and especially for those working in domestic sector? To fight for our rights and privileges we as expatriates will have to create a front of ours manned by the ex - expatriates only and not by Faleiros, not by Goa based Advocates, not by retired army generals and not by any Altu-Faltu nor any Ladru Pedru who is ignorant of our difficulties. By coming to Kuwait with the excuse of fact finding mission for 2-3 days as visitors nothing will change for us.
Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
KUWAITKARS SUPPORT KONKANI MARTYRS
KUWAITKARS SUPPORT KONKANI MARTYS.
On behalf of all my like minded friends and colleagues in Kuwait I strongly support the meeting arranged by Romi Lipi Action Front on 19th of this month at 3.30 p.m. at Lohia Maidan, Margao, as indicated in the below mentioned Press Release.
Everybody must be well aware how Kuwaitkars on behalf of "KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDR" collected a fund for these Martyrs after their martyrdom and disbursed to their next of kin thru proper channel.
KKK in particular and Kuwaitkars in general will never forget the immense sacrifices these Martyrs have made for the cause of Konkani. They have sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of Konkani and Goa. May their Romi Konkani souls rest in peace and may God give wisdom to the hard core Nagrivadis to accept the reality of Romi Konkani and support its recognition.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
ROMI LIPI ACTION FRONT
c/o Rhythm House, Below City Hospital ,Opp. Meenaxi Hotel, Margao, Goa.403 601. Mob. 9822386579Ref:- RLAF/LIB.DAY/FUNC
Date:- 10.12.2007 Press Note (For Kind Favour of Publicity )
“Romi Lipi Action Front” to honour Konkani Martyrs on Goa Liberation Day.
The “Romi Lipi Action Front” which is spearheading the popular movement in Goa, to amend the Goa’s “Official Language Act of 1987” to include in it, the Roman Script as an official script for Konkani, will be organizing a function to honour Late Shri Floriano Vaz (the First Konkani Martyr) along with 6 other Konkani Martyrs from Agassaim , on the 19th Dec.2007 at 3.30 pm (Venue: Lohia Maidan –Margao).These Konkani Martyrs laid down their lives, for their mother tongue Konkani. The only Konkani they knew , they wrote and they read was Konkani in the Roman Script. They made the supreme sacrifice for this “Konkani” ie Konkani in the Roman Script. This blood of our Konkani-Martyrs cries for justice. It should not be allowed to go in vain. So says the convenor of the “Romi Lipi Action Front”, Mr Wilmix Wilson Mazarello.
The Programme will be a Show of Solidarity of Educationists, Linguists , Social-Activists, Priests, Nuns, Tiatrists, Entrepreneurs and Goans from all sections of Society. In short, it will be the entire of Goa paying their respect to the Konkani Martyrs and demanding official recognition to the Roman Script, which is the all-important need of the hour. Goans from every corner of Salcete and beyond are expected to turn up in large numbers , for a cause , which is very very dear to their hearts.
Wilmix Wilson Mazarello (Convenor)
On behalf of all my like minded friends and colleagues in Kuwait I strongly support the meeting arranged by Romi Lipi Action Front on 19th of this month at 3.30 p.m. at Lohia Maidan, Margao, as indicated in the below mentioned Press Release.
Everybody must be well aware how Kuwaitkars on behalf of "KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDR" collected a fund for these Martyrs after their martyrdom and disbursed to their next of kin thru proper channel.
KKK in particular and Kuwaitkars in general will never forget the immense sacrifices these Martyrs have made for the cause of Konkani. They have sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of Konkani and Goa. May their Romi Konkani souls rest in peace and may God give wisdom to the hard core Nagrivadis to accept the reality of Romi Konkani and support its recognition.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
ROMI LIPI ACTION FRONT
c/o Rhythm House, Below City Hospital ,Opp. Meenaxi Hotel, Margao, Goa.403 601. Mob. 9822386579Ref:- RLAF/LIB.DAY/FUNC
Date:- 10.12.2007 Press Note (For Kind Favour of Publicity )
“Romi Lipi Action Front” to honour Konkani Martyrs on Goa Liberation Day.
The “Romi Lipi Action Front” which is spearheading the popular movement in Goa, to amend the Goa’s “Official Language Act of 1987” to include in it, the Roman Script as an official script for Konkani, will be organizing a function to honour Late Shri Floriano Vaz (the First Konkani Martyr) along with 6 other Konkani Martyrs from Agassaim , on the 19th Dec.2007 at 3.30 pm (Venue: Lohia Maidan –Margao).These Konkani Martyrs laid down their lives, for their mother tongue Konkani. The only Konkani they knew , they wrote and they read was Konkani in the Roman Script. They made the supreme sacrifice for this “Konkani” ie Konkani in the Roman Script. This blood of our Konkani-Martyrs cries for justice. It should not be allowed to go in vain. So says the convenor of the “Romi Lipi Action Front”, Mr Wilmix Wilson Mazarello.
The Programme will be a Show of Solidarity of Educationists, Linguists , Social-Activists, Priests, Nuns, Tiatrists, Entrepreneurs and Goans from all sections of Society. In short, it will be the entire of Goa paying their respect to the Konkani Martyrs and demanding official recognition to the Roman Script, which is the all-important need of the hour. Goans from every corner of Salcete and beyond are expected to turn up in large numbers , for a cause , which is very very dear to their hearts.
Wilmix Wilson Mazarello (Convenor)
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