From: John Sequeira <jhnsequeira@rediffmail.com>
to: goa.kranti@gmail.com,
DateThu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:53 AM.
Subject: KEEP IT UP KRANTI!
Dear A. Veronica,
I would like to congratulate you for having published some bold blogs in your forum. It takes a lot of courage to do so. You may have been subjected to a lot of pressure my some elements to drop the hard-hitting pieces. Keep up the good work and always carry out your mission without any fear or favour as you have always done so. You are a true journalist who has never favoured any one and has never indulged in paycheck journalism. A. Veronica you are an inspiration to many Goans. I really admire your work for the community.
As far as the accusations that your blog has no credibility, I would proudly say that Kranti is the most popular Goan forum that has been ever established online. You have been able to taste success only because of your BOLDNESS as you call a spade a spade without much carrying for the consequences. I can imagine you may have antagonized so many so-called Konkani stage STARS but you are never intimidated by anyone. This is the hallmark of a true journalist.
To run a blog it needs a lot of fortitude and you have it. I was sitting in the Caesars Restaurant the other day in Kuwait City with my friends and some Goans were talking about your blog. One guy said to the other: "Tu Zaana to Veronic moro utla. To Konak bhina mure. Pun tege blog zait lok vachta ani to bor boroita." These were the words of one of the Goans.
So from this discussion, you can very well imagine the impact Kranti has made on the common man. Let people say whatever they want but the truth of the matter is Kranti has become a daily staple of many Goans, especially in Kuwait. I know my friends open the Kranti site first whenever they log on to the Net. Thanks for being such a big influence on our lives. And keep doing what you are doing. Never fear anyone. The day you give in to fear, you will be seen in the negative light.
I want to conclude by saying that KGTS should do some soul-searching and stop making scapegoats as it will not help them. The more KGTS tries to defend its ugly show, the more setbacks it is going to suffer. Let us give up politics for the sake of UNITY.
God Bless.
John Sequeira
September 24, 2009
September 23, 2009
SHAMEFUL PERFORMANCE OF KGTS SHOW.
From: Clement Mendes <clementstopvy@hotmail.com>
to goa.kranti@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM.
Please publish this letter in KRanti.
Regards Clement Mendes.
It is such a shame that some of the tiastrists in Kuwait think that they are Bollywood stars. They have a lot of attitude problem and some people are encouraging them. I think everybody's opinion should be taken before organising such a show. What a shame it was to see people leaving the hall and chatting in corridors. Even legendary artistes late M Boyer must have turned in his grave and the fact that the memento fell and broke when he was being honoured proves the point. I appeal to all Konkani artistes to unite and come together on one platform.
to goa.kranti@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:11 AM.
Please publish this letter in KRanti.
Regards Clement Mendes.
It is such a shame that some of the tiastrists in Kuwait think that they are Bollywood stars. They have a lot of attitude problem and some people are encouraging them. I think everybody's opinion should be taken before organising such a show. What a shame it was to see people leaving the hall and chatting in corridors. Even legendary artistes late M Boyer must have turned in his grave and the fact that the memento fell and broke when he was being honoured proves the point. I appeal to all Konkani artistes to unite and come together on one platform.
Gossip and innuendoes: KGTS PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE to Jack Gomes
Gossip and innuendoes
Friends,
The waiting was becoming uncomfortable.
For the last two days we had been dealing with mixed emotions about a revelation that came via e-mail that the KGTS musical show was not up to the mark. Of course our past presentations which we experimented something different every time, were both appreciated and criticized by the same people who wake up only from their dormant surrounding once KGTS show is announced.While we laughed back and forth at the evidence that somebody was calling our KGTS members accusing them of being somebody else and name calling, I also wondered what kind of coward would hide behind an anonymous username and send a defamatory message, full of hate and venom to a particular lists only, knowing very well that this blog does not carry substance or reputable weightage, except for things trivial such as those mentioned by the email sender(s)! A few names crossed our minds, but we are not in the habit of falsely accusing anybody.It all started, as usual, in the last week of holding the event.
As it is typical of the discussions on that blog mailing list, two factions are not formed to attack and defend the more visible representatives of the issue. One emailer who has even failed to register his/her/its email - actually they show two entities on the blog - in particular, using an anonymous handle, painted a rather bleak and unflattering picture of the whole musical show and the participating artistes/singers/musicians/participants. A slaughter will always see the cow grazing comfortably even if he knows his traditional profession feeling that it might be sick as the profit matters to him. No wonder slaughter of cows and slaughtering of respected Konkani stage artistes/musicians’ characters often go hand-in-glove as the past profession always gets to eyes!Our theory is that the coward is not interested in letting us have his venom. He/She/It is betting on an universal human flaw that makes some individuals want to believe in gossip and innuendoes for whatever reasons they may have. You see, we are very visible. and communicate with many people around the world, specially our Konkani/Tiatr loving community in Kuwait.
We are open, direct, sincere, and honest in what we have to offer. For every one who welcomes our friendship and affection, we really don’t know how many feel threatened or uncomfortable because of their feeble tenure as gatekeepers of good natured and well intentioned communities. Unfortunately they do exist, and sometimes their character assassination tactics and their harmful gossiping make people wonder and change their attitudes because of that human flaw we mentioned before, the lack of moral fortitude to come forward and face the person being vilified by the hate mongers.At this stage of my life, we can’t plead ignorance nor we can try to pass for naive. Our friends confirmed that these “illustrious masters” who have slept and eaten with us in the past, and who have made money and a name for themselves only in this country through our members’ professional efforts, have been trashing our name and questioning our motives for being on the Konkani cultural front. We, at KGTS, wear that as a badge of honor.
You know you have made it when you regularly are part of conversations thousands of miles away and your name gets trashed by these good-for-nothing creatures. But the uncomfortable feeling that we mentioned at the beginning, is what really breaks our heart. Out of the dozen of people who received the poison pen e-mail, most, if not all, know us personally, some have appreciated our efforts in the recognition of our retired and aged artistes in Goa, Mumbai and elsewhere on the Konkani stage, some have taken our professional opinions from us, all have read the Goan mailing lists including goanet, http://mangalorean.com/, http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/, gulf-goans e-newsletter, goa-goans mailing list, goan-nri@yahoogroups.com , margao-net, etc. some have had free Internet space on our friends’ websites and mailing lists.
Only a few of these were thoughtful enough to make us aware of the situation. Only a few had the courage to confront the evil doer, to implicitly ask him/her/it if we were on a mini emailing list using an assumed name, by simply doing what KGTS wouldn’t hesitate one minute to do with people we respect and call our friends. He/She/It let us know about the anonymous defamatory e-mail being circulated. He/She/It gave me a chance. The rest so far have chosen to let us walk around with the character whose stigma of a calumny hanging around his/her/its neck, who dare to call himself/herself/itself a Goan and a Konkani lover.May God help him/her/it to keep his/her/its clan prosperous.
Francis de Verna
KGTS President
francisji@yahoo.com
Tel. No. 99884681
Friends,
The waiting was becoming uncomfortable.
For the last two days we had been dealing with mixed emotions about a revelation that came via e-mail that the KGTS musical show was not up to the mark. Of course our past presentations which we experimented something different every time, were both appreciated and criticized by the same people who wake up only from their dormant surrounding once KGTS show is announced.While we laughed back and forth at the evidence that somebody was calling our KGTS members accusing them of being somebody else and name calling, I also wondered what kind of coward would hide behind an anonymous username and send a defamatory message, full of hate and venom to a particular lists only, knowing very well that this blog does not carry substance or reputable weightage, except for things trivial such as those mentioned by the email sender(s)! A few names crossed our minds, but we are not in the habit of falsely accusing anybody.It all started, as usual, in the last week of holding the event.
As it is typical of the discussions on that blog mailing list, two factions are not formed to attack and defend the more visible representatives of the issue. One emailer who has even failed to register his/her/its email - actually they show two entities on the blog - in particular, using an anonymous handle, painted a rather bleak and unflattering picture of the whole musical show and the participating artistes/singers/musicians/participants. A slaughter will always see the cow grazing comfortably even if he knows his traditional profession feeling that it might be sick as the profit matters to him. No wonder slaughter of cows and slaughtering of respected Konkani stage artistes/musicians’ characters often go hand-in-glove as the past profession always gets to eyes!Our theory is that the coward is not interested in letting us have his venom. He/She/It is betting on an universal human flaw that makes some individuals want to believe in gossip and innuendoes for whatever reasons they may have. You see, we are very visible. and communicate with many people around the world, specially our Konkani/Tiatr loving community in Kuwait.
We are open, direct, sincere, and honest in what we have to offer. For every one who welcomes our friendship and affection, we really don’t know how many feel threatened or uncomfortable because of their feeble tenure as gatekeepers of good natured and well intentioned communities. Unfortunately they do exist, and sometimes their character assassination tactics and their harmful gossiping make people wonder and change their attitudes because of that human flaw we mentioned before, the lack of moral fortitude to come forward and face the person being vilified by the hate mongers.At this stage of my life, we can’t plead ignorance nor we can try to pass for naive. Our friends confirmed that these “illustrious masters” who have slept and eaten with us in the past, and who have made money and a name for themselves only in this country through our members’ professional efforts, have been trashing our name and questioning our motives for being on the Konkani cultural front. We, at KGTS, wear that as a badge of honor.
You know you have made it when you regularly are part of conversations thousands of miles away and your name gets trashed by these good-for-nothing creatures. But the uncomfortable feeling that we mentioned at the beginning, is what really breaks our heart. Out of the dozen of people who received the poison pen e-mail, most, if not all, know us personally, some have appreciated our efforts in the recognition of our retired and aged artistes in Goa, Mumbai and elsewhere on the Konkani stage, some have taken our professional opinions from us, all have read the Goan mailing lists including goanet, http://mangalorean.com/, http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/, gulf-goans e-newsletter, goa-goans mailing list, goan-nri@yahoogroups.com , margao-net, etc. some have had free Internet space on our friends’ websites and mailing lists.
Only a few of these were thoughtful enough to make us aware of the situation. Only a few had the courage to confront the evil doer, to implicitly ask him/her/it if we were on a mini emailing list using an assumed name, by simply doing what KGTS wouldn’t hesitate one minute to do with people we respect and call our friends. He/She/It let us know about the anonymous defamatory e-mail being circulated. He/She/It gave me a chance. The rest so far have chosen to let us walk around with the character whose stigma of a calumny hanging around his/her/its neck, who dare to call himself/herself/itself a Goan and a Konkani lover.May God help him/her/it to keep his/her/its clan prosperous.
Francis de Verna
KGTS President
francisji@yahoo.com
Tel. No. 99884681
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