From: soter (soter@bsnl.in)
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:59:44 AM
To: A. Veronica Fernandes (averonicaf806@hotmail.com).
Sub: In reply to "FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE"
This is why they are called Goans and not malyalees, mangaloreans or Tamilians. "Ap-apnank ani Dev somestank". Goan mentality will never improve. Do what you can and leave the rest. The same mentality has now put Goa in the hands of the 'ghattis'.
-Soter D'Souza
----- Original Message -----
From: A. Veronica Fernandes
To: averonicaf806@hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:29 PM
Subject: Fighting for Justice.
October 14, 2009
October 12, 2009
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.
The central idea of Christianity is LOVE, that of Hinduism OBEDIANCE and that of Islam, JUSTICE. When Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was asked “when there will be justice in this world”, replied Prophet within a split of a second saying “when every one 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 this world”. Today we want justice to take place but very few are fighting for justice and many of them are not even thinking of justice. They are become immune to the sense of justice and thus they accept injustice as if it is a way of life. This is the reason why there is rampant injustice amongst us. Worst still are those fighting against those who fight for justice. Those who believe in JUST God but accept and perpetrate injustice are not only committing a sin but more than that they are committing a sacrilege and shamelessly these people are regularly going to the Church by involving in Church affairs. Church authorities must keep their eyes on such traitors otherwise they will spoil the sanctity of the Church.
Tiatratristanchi Sonvstha was formed in Kuwait not to build unity among Kuwait based Tiatrists but to destroy only one innocent and prominent Tiatrist in order to finish him from Konkani Stage but the person who floated this satanic idea himself got finished, at least for the time being from the Konkani Stage. This is done thru the punishment of God. And if he does not ask forgiveness from God for the crime he committed against one innocent Tiatrist, he will receive highest punishment from God for trying to harm an innocent Tiatrist. Innocence is the cradle of God and if this innocence is harmed, God is harmed and those who harm God are the criminals of highest degree who get worst type of punishment not only for them but even for their next generations. God’s punishment is surely coming and it will definitely come with a greater fury.
TO ASLEAR AUM NACHONA is a commandment of Devil. God and Devil will never move together and all those who supported this commandment of “To Aslear Aum Nachona” are equally guilty of the sacrilege they committed in supporting the destructive commandment. The shame of all is this that among those who blindly supported this crime of TO ASLEAR AUM NACHONA are persons who are involved in the Church affairs. These are the people who are bringing a bad name to the Church and Catholicism and because of such Catholics good persons are leaving our Church and taking Baptism in other Christian denominations. I don’t understand why such persons following anti-Catholic principles are allowed in the Church activities. They are a disgrace not only on our Church but also on our religion because they are the followers of Judas the TRAITOR. Organising a Sonvstha with the association of persons having questionable character itself is a barometer to analyze the quality of Sonvstha.
Fighting for justice is like my religious duty and wherever it is possible I fight and if I cannot I support those who fight for justice and if not then at least I think in this direction. In Kuwait there are very many persons amongst us refusing to raise their voices against injustice and yet they adore the JUST GOD, giver of JUSTICE. When I raise my voice against injustice, they try to silence my voice but they don’t succeed because they are cursed by God for being on the side of UNJUST AND INUSTICE. God is JUST while Devil is UNJUST. The very people in Tiatro fraternity who supported injustice against Rosary Ferns are shamelessly associating with Rosary Ferns in his Tiatros and even receiving help from Rosary for producing their Audio Cassettes. These are the persons who know their mothers only but not fathers otherwise they would not contradict their principles – one principle in Sonvstha and another principle to act in Rosary’s Tiatros? Good that Sonvstha is not having any official authority in Kuwait otherwise it will usurp the power of Bath Party under Saddam Hussein and deport from Kuwait all the Tiatrists having no membership in their association. According to one source, some of the people involved in this brutality were singing Hosannas in Goa in praise of Saddam Hussein when Kuwait was invaded. For this reason they refrained from supporting our movement in Goa under Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center in defense of Kuwait.
It is not only the question of Rosary Ferns who was opposed by his ace opponent and his gang but it is a question of one’s principle in fighting for justice even for your own enemy. I have in the past openly and loudly raised my voice against M. Boyer when he applied similar commandment against Sucurrine and for this I earned ire from the inner circle of M. Boyer. But I never gave heed to their opposition. I was again on fore to condemn Chris Perry when he suppressed Lorna from performing on the Stage for so many years. Those who do such crimes against their fellow Tiatrists they are killing an art which is a gift of God. I oppose such crimes. For this reason I fight for justice.
Leave aside Tiatrists, when I initiated Konkani movement in Kuwait in 1976, most of the then semi educated seniors opposed me but I kicked their opposition very successfully with the support of the masses. These opponents of Tiatro and Tiatrists even tried to kill my reviews appearing in the media in support of Tiatros, both Konkani and English but nothing worked against me. Again the same type of opposition erupted from the then so called elite Kuwait Goans when I was on forefront for the promotion of our soccer at Sour Grounds, Direct Flight Movement, Novem Goem Movement, promotion of Tiatro and Mando Movement, because we don’t have more people fighting and supporting justice. The worst injustice I encountered when I formed Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Centre to fight for the cause of Kuwait but ultimately Goans themselves earned benefits of this movement.
Fighting for justice is very rare amongst us in Kuwait because overwhelming majority of our people is of slavish mentality. They are enjoying little credibility only because of their residence and employment in Kuwait. They are brought up in Goa like slaves for this reason they accept everything blindly with the statement “Makam Kiteak Poddlam”. “Makaim poddonkna ani Tukaim poddonk na, konnank poddlam tor? Maimchea ghovak? Makam vincharpak tumkam poddlam?” when I fight for justice? Here in Kuwait, Goan Welfare Society’s fund around 35 thousand Dinars are held by three persons against society’s principles and no member fights to bring back this huge amount to the account of Society. The very person who claims to be the leader of community demands Sex from young girls in return for jobs and yet he is re-elected instead of condemning. Where are the conscience keeper in the community? Why they cannot raise their voices in unison against the barbarity of rascals in our community? Why they cannot fight for simple justice? When they get kick on their back then only they will realize.
A few years back the daughter of the so called leader of Tiatrists in Kuwait, was harassed by her superior where she was working in Kuwait. She was a nice and pretty looking young girl, attracting lot of attention from males, she was also a well educated girl. The person who was harassing her was restless and unstoppable. Her father tried all the available means at his disposal to set things right for his daughter but all in vain. Finally he came to me begging for my help in rescuing his attractive daughter, from the clutches of a monster. I felt very bad and immediately decided to fight for justice for the poor young girl, and also for her concerned Tiatrist father. Then immediately I called one of my top Kuwaiti friends Mr. Mubarak Al Hindal and requested him to rescue this young girl from the clutches of a sadistic minded man. On my plea, Mr. Hindal immediately spoke to the top Kuwaiti owner of the company where this girl was employed and immediately the situation brought under control by allowing her to leave Kuwait peacefully. Otherwise, the girl’s superior would make “Bara Berestar ani Tera Sunkrar” of the poor Goan girl. Fortunately I am a kind hearted man fighting for justice and not a “Beiman, khata tea folear thukta toslo”. When I meet Mr. Hindal, he enquires about the well being of this girl whom he saved from the claws of a Tiger but I don’t know whether her father still remembers this incident but she does as she told me a few days back when I met her. Mr. Hindal is one of the top Kuwaitis who came in contact with me after our movement in support of Kuwait under GOA-KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER. When this news went out of my involvement in helping the daughter of the so called leader of the Tiatrist in Kuwait some opponents of him accused me but I fought for justice till justice was delivered, thanks to Mr. Mubarak Al Hindal a kind hearted top Kuwaiti.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
The central idea of Christianity is LOVE, that of Hinduism OBEDIANCE and that of Islam, JUSTICE. When Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was asked “when there will be justice in this world”, replied Prophet within a split of a second saying “when every one 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 this world”. Today we want justice to take place but very few are fighting for justice and many of them are not even thinking of justice. They are become immune to the sense of justice and thus they accept injustice as if it is a way of life. This is the reason why there is rampant injustice amongst us. Worst still are those fighting against those who fight for justice. Those who believe in JUST God but accept and perpetrate injustice are not only committing a sin but more than that they are committing a sacrilege and shamelessly these people are regularly going to the Church by involving in Church affairs. Church authorities must keep their eyes on such traitors otherwise they will spoil the sanctity of the Church.
Tiatratristanchi Sonvstha was formed in Kuwait not to build unity among Kuwait based Tiatrists but to destroy only one innocent and prominent Tiatrist in order to finish him from Konkani Stage but the person who floated this satanic idea himself got finished, at least for the time being from the Konkani Stage. This is done thru the punishment of God. And if he does not ask forgiveness from God for the crime he committed against one innocent Tiatrist, he will receive highest punishment from God for trying to harm an innocent Tiatrist. Innocence is the cradle of God and if this innocence is harmed, God is harmed and those who harm God are the criminals of highest degree who get worst type of punishment not only for them but even for their next generations. God’s punishment is surely coming and it will definitely come with a greater fury.
TO ASLEAR AUM NACHONA is a commandment of Devil. God and Devil will never move together and all those who supported this commandment of “To Aslear Aum Nachona” are equally guilty of the sacrilege they committed in supporting the destructive commandment. The shame of all is this that among those who blindly supported this crime of TO ASLEAR AUM NACHONA are persons who are involved in the Church affairs. These are the people who are bringing a bad name to the Church and Catholicism and because of such Catholics good persons are leaving our Church and taking Baptism in other Christian denominations. I don’t understand why such persons following anti-Catholic principles are allowed in the Church activities. They are a disgrace not only on our Church but also on our religion because they are the followers of Judas the TRAITOR. Organising a Sonvstha with the association of persons having questionable character itself is a barometer to analyze the quality of Sonvstha.
Fighting for justice is like my religious duty and wherever it is possible I fight and if I cannot I support those who fight for justice and if not then at least I think in this direction. In Kuwait there are very many persons amongst us refusing to raise their voices against injustice and yet they adore the JUST GOD, giver of JUSTICE. When I raise my voice against injustice, they try to silence my voice but they don’t succeed because they are cursed by God for being on the side of UNJUST AND INUSTICE. God is JUST while Devil is UNJUST. The very people in Tiatro fraternity who supported injustice against Rosary Ferns are shamelessly associating with Rosary Ferns in his Tiatros and even receiving help from Rosary for producing their Audio Cassettes. These are the persons who know their mothers only but not fathers otherwise they would not contradict their principles – one principle in Sonvstha and another principle to act in Rosary’s Tiatros? Good that Sonvstha is not having any official authority in Kuwait otherwise it will usurp the power of Bath Party under Saddam Hussein and deport from Kuwait all the Tiatrists having no membership in their association. According to one source, some of the people involved in this brutality were singing Hosannas in Goa in praise of Saddam Hussein when Kuwait was invaded. For this reason they refrained from supporting our movement in Goa under Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Center in defense of Kuwait.
It is not only the question of Rosary Ferns who was opposed by his ace opponent and his gang but it is a question of one’s principle in fighting for justice even for your own enemy. I have in the past openly and loudly raised my voice against M. Boyer when he applied similar commandment against Sucurrine and for this I earned ire from the inner circle of M. Boyer. But I never gave heed to their opposition. I was again on fore to condemn Chris Perry when he suppressed Lorna from performing on the Stage for so many years. Those who do such crimes against their fellow Tiatrists they are killing an art which is a gift of God. I oppose such crimes. For this reason I fight for justice.
Leave aside Tiatrists, when I initiated Konkani movement in Kuwait in 1976, most of the then semi educated seniors opposed me but I kicked their opposition very successfully with the support of the masses. These opponents of Tiatro and Tiatrists even tried to kill my reviews appearing in the media in support of Tiatros, both Konkani and English but nothing worked against me. Again the same type of opposition erupted from the then so called elite Kuwait Goans when I was on forefront for the promotion of our soccer at Sour Grounds, Direct Flight Movement, Novem Goem Movement, promotion of Tiatro and Mando Movement, because we don’t have more people fighting and supporting justice. The worst injustice I encountered when I formed Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Centre to fight for the cause of Kuwait but ultimately Goans themselves earned benefits of this movement.
Fighting for justice is very rare amongst us in Kuwait because overwhelming majority of our people is of slavish mentality. They are enjoying little credibility only because of their residence and employment in Kuwait. They are brought up in Goa like slaves for this reason they accept everything blindly with the statement “Makam Kiteak Poddlam”. “Makaim poddonkna ani Tukaim poddonk na, konnank poddlam tor? Maimchea ghovak? Makam vincharpak tumkam poddlam?” when I fight for justice? Here in Kuwait, Goan Welfare Society’s fund around 35 thousand Dinars are held by three persons against society’s principles and no member fights to bring back this huge amount to the account of Society. The very person who claims to be the leader of community demands Sex from young girls in return for jobs and yet he is re-elected instead of condemning. Where are the conscience keeper in the community? Why they cannot raise their voices in unison against the barbarity of rascals in our community? Why they cannot fight for simple justice? When they get kick on their back then only they will realize.
A few years back the daughter of the so called leader of Tiatrists in Kuwait, was harassed by her superior where she was working in Kuwait. She was a nice and pretty looking young girl, attracting lot of attention from males, she was also a well educated girl. The person who was harassing her was restless and unstoppable. Her father tried all the available means at his disposal to set things right for his daughter but all in vain. Finally he came to me begging for my help in rescuing his attractive daughter, from the clutches of a monster. I felt very bad and immediately decided to fight for justice for the poor young girl, and also for her concerned Tiatrist father. Then immediately I called one of my top Kuwaiti friends Mr. Mubarak Al Hindal and requested him to rescue this young girl from the clutches of a sadistic minded man. On my plea, Mr. Hindal immediately spoke to the top Kuwaiti owner of the company where this girl was employed and immediately the situation brought under control by allowing her to leave Kuwait peacefully. Otherwise, the girl’s superior would make “Bara Berestar ani Tera Sunkrar” of the poor Goan girl. Fortunately I am a kind hearted man fighting for justice and not a “Beiman, khata tea folear thukta toslo”. When I meet Mr. Hindal, he enquires about the well being of this girl whom he saved from the claws of a Tiger but I don’t know whether her father still remembers this incident but she does as she told me a few days back when I met her. Mr. Hindal is one of the top Kuwaitis who came in contact with me after our movement in support of Kuwait under GOA-KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER. When this news went out of my involvement in helping the daughter of the so called leader of the Tiatrist in Kuwait some opponents of him accused me but I fought for justice till justice was delivered, thanks to Mr. Mubarak Al Hindal a kind hearted top Kuwaiti.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
October 11, 2009
G'BYE GOA: MIGRANTS, NECESSARY EVIL. By Valmiki Faleiro.
G'BYE GOA: MIGRANTS, NECESSARY "EVIL
"By Valmiki Faleiro.
Migrants abound Goa. Most who in-migrated between the 1960s and 1980s are well assimilated, speak the local language, and consider themselves as Goan as any other. They now own accommodation, ranging from a comfy house/flat to a shanty in a slum. Even if they had a choice, most would never return home. For them, Goa is home. We curse them, but what would Goa be without them? Let's briefly look at who powers Goa's workforce today.
In manufacturing, mining, civil construction, tourism, transport, fishing, services including retail vending, and the tertiary sector, it is migrants, migrants and migrants all the way. Perhaps, 80 per cent of the way. We Goans chase only white-collar jobs. And clamour that migrants be chased away. In manufacturing, save good paymasters like Zuari, Syngenta, MRF and Nestle, bulk of manpower particularly in the Industrial Estates is migrant. Goans have developed as quinted view towards blue-collar jobs. In mining, both legal and illegal, over 50% of the workforce is migrant. Ditto with truck-tipper drivers/cleaners who shift the ore to river-loading points. Barges that take the ore to port, however, are largely manned by Goans, perhaps because diesel pilferage pays them more than their wages. (Only a cynic like me would say that chasing away migrants from mines would be a good idea. That way, Goa's current environmental destruction would be reduced by half.)
Construction: Where would Goa be without migrants? From unskilled labour to all kinds of skilled/specialized workmen, Goa depends almost entirely on migrants. The only job a few Goans, mainly from the OBC community, still do is lay concrete, where wages are twice the daily average. They are now being edged out by ready-mix concrete factories,which employ migrants. Migrants today do the traditional OBC road asphalting work. We sure abhor malaria-spreading, night-thieving workers at construction sites, but try building a house exclusively with Goan labour!
Tourism: Go around Goa's coastal villages, from Pernem to Palolem, from small shacks to big hotels. Who constitutes the bulk of waiters and kitchen staff? A tiny place like Palolem seasonally employs around 2,500 Nepalis alone, not to count experienced hands from touristy places like Himachal and Kerala, and of course the rest of India.Today, cooks from Orissa to Bengal dish out their version of "authentic Goan Xacuti" to the world. Imagine the fate of Assado and Sarapatel if they handled beef and pork. Transport: The role of Goans in ferrying the public in private buses is that of mereowners. Most I know contract their vehicles to migrant drivers/conductors for a fixed daily return. That's one of the reasons why recklessness has increased on Goa's roads.
Read names of drivers charged by police as responsible for road fatalities and you will get a better idea. Fisheries: Ask any trawler-owner what his fate would be if the boat crew didn't come from elsewhere in India. Even a few days' delay in their arrival at the start of the fishing season around "Nariyal Poornima" would mean a huge difference to his entire year'sfortunes. Because the first three or four weeks of August yield bumper crops of the prized "Solar shrimp." Trawler-owners are so dependant on migrant labour that they pay substantial advances to crew at the end of season, and lose a lot when crew members do not show up. And consumers pay for it at Goa's fish markets.
The story is not much different in the service and tertiary sectors. Almost every technician (or "Service Engineer" as euphemistically called in this age) that we rely on is invariably a migrant. Now revert to the scenario of what would happen to Goa if some bright day all migrants could be chased out Goa. Goa would grind to an agonizing halt the next morning! We cannot blame migrants. If Goa is changing, the cause is not them. It lies elsewhere.Let's come to that next Sunday.
P.S: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar has earned his niche in history. His film, whose title translates to "Man Across the Bridge," won an international award, the first-ever film in Goa's native tongue to earn such honours. A filmmaker of the stature of Shekhar Kapurhad, it seems, prophesized last year that Shetgaonkar had it in him. (ENDS)
The above article appeared in the Herald, Goa, edition of October 11, 2009
"By Valmiki Faleiro.
Migrants abound Goa. Most who in-migrated between the 1960s and 1980s are well assimilated, speak the local language, and consider themselves as Goan as any other. They now own accommodation, ranging from a comfy house/flat to a shanty in a slum. Even if they had a choice, most would never return home. For them, Goa is home. We curse them, but what would Goa be without them? Let's briefly look at who powers Goa's workforce today.
In manufacturing, mining, civil construction, tourism, transport, fishing, services including retail vending, and the tertiary sector, it is migrants, migrants and migrants all the way. Perhaps, 80 per cent of the way. We Goans chase only white-collar jobs. And clamour that migrants be chased away. In manufacturing, save good paymasters like Zuari, Syngenta, MRF and Nestle, bulk of manpower particularly in the Industrial Estates is migrant. Goans have developed as quinted view towards blue-collar jobs. In mining, both legal and illegal, over 50% of the workforce is migrant. Ditto with truck-tipper drivers/cleaners who shift the ore to river-loading points. Barges that take the ore to port, however, are largely manned by Goans, perhaps because diesel pilferage pays them more than their wages. (Only a cynic like me would say that chasing away migrants from mines would be a good idea. That way, Goa's current environmental destruction would be reduced by half.)
Construction: Where would Goa be without migrants? From unskilled labour to all kinds of skilled/specialized workmen, Goa depends almost entirely on migrants. The only job a few Goans, mainly from the OBC community, still do is lay concrete, where wages are twice the daily average. They are now being edged out by ready-mix concrete factories,which employ migrants. Migrants today do the traditional OBC road asphalting work. We sure abhor malaria-spreading, night-thieving workers at construction sites, but try building a house exclusively with Goan labour!
Tourism: Go around Goa's coastal villages, from Pernem to Palolem, from small shacks to big hotels. Who constitutes the bulk of waiters and kitchen staff? A tiny place like Palolem seasonally employs around 2,500 Nepalis alone, not to count experienced hands from touristy places like Himachal and Kerala, and of course the rest of India.Today, cooks from Orissa to Bengal dish out their version of "authentic Goan Xacuti" to the world. Imagine the fate of Assado and Sarapatel if they handled beef and pork. Transport: The role of Goans in ferrying the public in private buses is that of mereowners. Most I know contract their vehicles to migrant drivers/conductors for a fixed daily return. That's one of the reasons why recklessness has increased on Goa's roads.
Read names of drivers charged by police as responsible for road fatalities and you will get a better idea. Fisheries: Ask any trawler-owner what his fate would be if the boat crew didn't come from elsewhere in India. Even a few days' delay in their arrival at the start of the fishing season around "Nariyal Poornima" would mean a huge difference to his entire year'sfortunes. Because the first three or four weeks of August yield bumper crops of the prized "Solar shrimp." Trawler-owners are so dependant on migrant labour that they pay substantial advances to crew at the end of season, and lose a lot when crew members do not show up. And consumers pay for it at Goa's fish markets.
The story is not much different in the service and tertiary sectors. Almost every technician (or "Service Engineer" as euphemistically called in this age) that we rely on is invariably a migrant. Now revert to the scenario of what would happen to Goa if some bright day all migrants could be chased out Goa. Goa would grind to an agonizing halt the next morning! We cannot blame migrants. If Goa is changing, the cause is not them. It lies elsewhere.Let's come to that next Sunday.
P.S: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar has earned his niche in history. His film, whose title translates to "Man Across the Bridge," won an international award, the first-ever film in Goa's native tongue to earn such honours. A filmmaker of the stature of Shekhar Kapurhad, it seems, prophesized last year that Shetgaonkar had it in him. (ENDS)
The above article appeared in the Herald, Goa, edition of October 11, 2009
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