TIBET AND GOA.
Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetans living in Tibet and elsewhere in the World, including in Goa where you will find lot of Tibetans. Tibet being a distinct identity has its own history, culture, tradition, folklore, religion and many other attributes that makes it different from Chinese attributes. Yet in 1959 China crushed Tibetan movement for independence whence Dalai Lama fled to India thereby China acquiring full control over Tibet and Tibetans. Fighting for independent country Tibet, China dubbed freedom fighter Tibetans and their spiritual leader Dalai Lama as splittist. Dalai Lama in that failed uprising in 1959 left Tibet and ran for his safety to India where he took shelter in Arunachal Pradesh, a northern Indian State bordering China. Surprisingly China claims that Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory and still demands its sovereignty over this beautiful northern Indian State.
China is a big threat to India. In 1962 China fought a bitter and fierce war with India killing hundreds of Indian soldiers and acquiring thousands of square metres of Indian land about which India till today cannot do anything and will never be able to do anything in future too. Instead of settling this matter and getting back this Indian land, India like beggar went with folded hands to China to offer its hand of friendship. China is number one enemy of India and NOT Pakistan. Pakistan’s No. one enemy is its own people who are all out to split Pakistan into pieces and they are engaged in this process as we see in the current chaos in Pakistan. To fight Pakistan and to split it into pieces Pakistan does not need India. It was enough once India splitted Pakistan into two pieces and created Bangladesh. Now Pakistani citizens themselves are in the process of splitting Pakistan further.
In the first week of next month, Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Arunachal Pradesh to meet Tibetan exiles there. Irked by this news, China is threatening India with dire consequences if India allows Dalai Lama to enter Arunachal Pradesh. China thinks India is its father’s property. China even showed its displeasure when Indian Premier recently visited Arunachal Pradesh. China is trying to control India thru remote control. Like Israel, China is also vying for greater supremacy over territories beyond its present borders. Israel is planning to acquire neighbouring areas from its current borders to make greater Israel. Both China and Israel are hungry for more land from neighbouring countries. And India is not far behind China and Israel in this race of grabbing other people’s land.
About quarter of a century back India swallowed Sikkim and 48 years back by using brute military force India that is Bharat invaded Goa in 1961 December and converted Goa into a rotten Indian State just like any other rotten Indian State with rotten Indians at the helm of political affairs. These rotten Indians since 1962 are coming to Goa rampantly and destroying genuine Goan culture, tradition, history, folklore and language and also religious practices. The Indians who are coming to Goa and settling down in Goa are overwhelmingly third class rubbish Bharatis who are upsetting the demographic structure of Goa to suit their needs, of course with the backing of the rascal local politicians who are rampantly destroying Goa. As a matter of fact, Goa is no more what it was at the time of the exit of Portuguese from Goa. Goa is now totally destroyed by the non-Goans who are rapist, robbers, criminals, crooks and chicaners. All the corruption and dirtiness that is existing in Goa now is resulted from the militarily forced entry into Goa by all the corrupt Bharatis including politicians from Delhi who are rampantly robbing India by living like Maharajas at the cost of poor tax payers money. There is no cunning and corrupt person in this World like that of a corrupt and cunning Bharati. Goa and Goans were not accustomed to such cunning and corrupt persons among them in Goa but due to the influx of unwanted third class Bharatis in Goa from all over Bharat because of the invasion of Goa in 1961 by Bharat, Goa lost all its great pristine qualities thereby even making Goans also bad. Learning from their Bharati masters, current generation of Goans is becoming more and more corrupt. As it is, during the last 48 years of Bharati domination, Goan politicians have already learnt the worst qualities of their worst political gurus elsewhere in Bharat and thus Goan politicians succeeded in outsmarting their already corrupt Bharati gurus.
In this same manner Tibet under the domination of Communist China will suffer and get dissolved under the influence of Chinese. In few years time, China will totally destroy cultural, historical, traditional and other aspects of Tibet and Tibetans same way as Bharat and Bharatis have done for Goa and Goans in Goa. I pity Tibet exactly the way I pity my Goa.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
October 30, 2009
October 29, 2009
Navelim Soccer Fest: Don Bosco down Raiders for Title
-by gasper crasto - www.goa-world.com/ & www.indianfootball.com/Kuwait: “Whatever Navelim does in Kuwait, they are always successful,” said the chief guest Mr. Raymond D’Sa in his speech at the prize distribution function of the Navelim Soccer Fest 7 a-side football finale held on October 22.
It was indeed a festivity for soccer players and spectators under sparkling floodlights of the tournament played over two weekends at Surra Stadium. Don Bosco Oratory emerged champions from among 18 teams beating Skynet Raiders 5-4 in the final.
The Soccer Fest sponsored by Gulf Custody Company - leading Fund Custody and Administration service providers in the Middle-East was attended by a number of distinguished dignitaries of the Indian community.
Don Bosco and Skynet Raiders were locked goalless in the final at the end of normal time. In the ensuing final Don Bosco were spot on target with Steven Rodrigues, Liston Raju (captain), Valenky Rodrigues, Peter Fernandes and Michael Dias. Other members of the champion team consisted of Larry Aguiar, Leo Rodrigues, Philip Duarte, Savio Kambada, Livon D’Souza and Noel D’Souza.
Earlier, Don Bosco overcame strong contenders Kuwait Goan Association (KGA) in the quarters and DHL in the semis thanks to Don Bosco goalkeeper Blesson D’Souza for superlative saves especially in the tie-breaks including the final. Blesson was later adjudged Man of the Match (Finals).
On the other side, Raiders defeated Domnic Savio in their quarterfinal match and CRC Chinchinim in the semis. The team comprised of Hendry (goalkeeper), Christy Menezes (captain), Anthony Cardoso, Alex Goes, Zico, Bobby, Anthony Cardozo, Rudolph, Benjamin, Casino, Ronald and Salam.
P.A. Tony officiated the final assisted by Derrick Gomendes and Manuel Dias.
Kuwait Goan Association (KGA) were awarded the best discipline team of the tournament.
In an exhibition match of boys under-15 played prior to the grand finals, Skynet Raiders led by Damie Christie beat Los Galacticos by 2-0. Faiyaz Rafi, Cliff Gonsalves, Jawad Khan, Antonio D’Silva, Darren Gomes, Aldridge Fernandes, Joshua Barretto, Nigel Gonsalves, Raed Deshiman and Declan Ferrao were outstanding for the winners while Shehzad Hussain, Divyansh, Vaibhav, Sarfaraz, Fahad, Murtaza, Aziz and Cyriac Thomas excelled for the losers.
Chief guest Mr. Raymond D’Sa, President of GOA Maroons, an enthusiastic football lover who has contributed immensely towards Indian football in Kuwait over the years, praised Navelim for the high standard of organization and taking up initiatives to promote friendship among Indians in Kuwait through various activities.
“We are happy to support sports activities such as these as we believe that healthy bodies create healthy minds,” was the message to the participating teams and event organizers from Gulf Custody Company, the event sponsors. Agnello Fernandes, President of Navelim Youth Centre, in his speech thanked the participating teams for the sporting spirit displayed during the tournament, the sponsors of the event, the attending crowd and reiterated that they will continue to hold activities like this in future.
Earlier, Navelim Soccer Fest Tournament Coordinator Gasper Crasto welcomed the guests, compered and proposed a vote of thanks. On behalf of Navelim he thanked the media especially Arab Times, www.indianfootball.com, www.goa-world.com, www.indiansinkuwait.com, http://mangalorean.com, etc, for exclusive coverage of the tournament.
The glittering trophies and prizes were presented at the hands of Raymond D’Sa, Agnello Fernandes, Luis D’Silva, Mohammed Ali Athararoa, Lawry Pinto, Cajetan Pereira, Norman Noronha, Simon Dias, Esparansa Crasto, Neeta Fernandes, and Reena Furtado. The Manager of Surra Stadium Mr. Mohammed Ali Athararoa was presented with a memento for his support towards the Indian community and the Navelim Soccer Fest.
Following prizes were awarded:
Player of the tournament – Bobby (Skynet Raiders),
Man of the Finals – (Blesson D’Souza – Don Bosco Oratory)
Best Striker – Michael D’Souza (Don Bosco Oratory)
Best Discipline Team – Kuwait Goan Association
Exhibition Match Winners – Skynet Raiders under-15
Exhibition Match Runners-up – Los Galacticos
:::All Photos by: Simon Dias, Professional Photographer - thelensmen@yahoo.com Tel. No. 97827670:::
The above news has appeared in Arab Times - Page No. 48 dated 29 October 2009. The news is also featured in http://mangalorean.com, www.indianfootball.com, www.indiansinkuwait.com, etc.
October 28, 2009
INDIAN FOOTBALL ORGANISERS IN KUWAIT.
The late Jerome Pascoal D’Mello popularly known as JP in Kuwait, in India and in Asian soccer world was a renowned football referee and a soccer administrator at All India and at Asia level too. In the beginning of nineteen eighties, he came to Kuwait and got employed at Kremenco, a well known company in Kuwait employing thousands of employees at Ahmadi Oil sector. He had passion for soccer not only to organize but also to see its promotion and development.
In 1979 United Goans Football Centre (UG) were responsible to initiate and start our competitive soccer activities at Sour grounds, in Kuwait city. First it was only one League cum Knock-out tournament organized by UG and from the following year came Flying Arrows and others with their Knockout tourneys. Since these tournaments were organized by individual clubs and teams, JP felt the need to bring all the participating teams under one banner for the smooth functioning and control. He first confided this idea to me which I marketed to all thru my writings and gained momentum for this good proposal.
Mr. Lawrence Rato with my assistance and with the help of others who are no more in Kuwait now, convened a meeting in the big Church Hall to devise ways to proceed further but man like Denzil D’Souza and others vomited negative feelings. We said, and I wrote boldly thru my writings that those who are not willing to support this proposal they should withdraw from our midst but we will go ahead.
Then Lawry Pinto got himself involved directly and gave an extra booster for this move. He moved mountains by contacting every club and every team to support this proposal, in the bargain he received insults too from the arrogant people but he never gave up. We all supported him and I remained firmly behind him by writing in support of the formation of apex body.
Rato brought soccer rules books from FIFA directly, I provided my own materials and I joined the front runners in drafting the constitution but later on I withdrew for personal reasons but supported from behind the scene. Finally, in 1985 the apex body known as KUWAIT INDIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION (KIFF) was formed fulfilling the dream of JP the founder of Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA) in Kuwait. He and Lawry Pinto were hailed as heroes of this movement and in fact they are and not me as many wrongly thought.
It is almost a quarter of a century now that KIFF has been running our soccer activities under its full control. Though KIFF is doing a commendable job yet many times arrogance and Hitlerism overruled reasoning and logic due to which many mishaps have occurred in the functioning of KIFF. This happened because persons not knowing the meaning of soccer got themselves engaged in the KIFF committee. Instead of applying soccer rules, members started applying personal rules to inflict heavy punishments for erring teams and players. Disagreements and difference of opinions erupted and suddenly this year in the beginning of the KIFF season 'splittists' in the KIFF joined together and formed another association similar to KIFF. One is called a parent body by the people while the other is called 'rebel' body with the membership of only 6 clubs or teams. At the time of writing these lines, I got an information that the parent body KIFF is having the support of 12 strong and heavyweight senior teams while the other newly formed body is having just 6 teams under its fold.
It is very sad that the situation has reached to this level necessitating split in Kuwait Indian Football. I think this situation could have been avoided if there was give and take attitude from both the warring sides. By splitting KIFF nothing will happen to KIFF but only the game of soccer will suffer which should not be. For so long KIFF did a fairly good job in promoting soccer among us. Now two organising bodies mean two different interests and two different directions with bad blood running.. It is not necessary. Good that this is not a permanent place for us to stay, if any untoward incident takes place we all will have to run from here. In this case, who will run our parallel associations? I am not blaming anybody for this mishap but those who were responsible for the formation of KIFF and also those who were responsible in running KIFF, they only know the hardship of how to maintain KIFF and importance of the KIFF.
The KIFF has got a history of almost 25 years and this history cannot be erased by forming a parallel body. KIFF is known to be for sports and entertainment in Kuwait and having the largest number of members to be registered in the Middle east. We have seen strong footballers fighting on the field with the ball to score goals and win games over the years, never thinking of the tensed life they spend in Kuwait. Few of the men I know have even died for keeping this Sports and Unity alive in Kuwait. It does not mean that they were freedom fighters for the federation but men who kept a large number of people together under one tree. The federation was going with games organized and cups won by the best teams in Kuwait which became an inspiration for the youngsters. There were also players of different states from India playing together in some clubs. Well what made it so weak that a new federation had to be made?
The news of the new federation was given on the web but no names were shown of the committee members representing the new federation. Either the new federation does not want to respect their elders and carry on the tradition of keeping the spirit alive in one place or they want to separate the sports lovers in two half for their personal differences. Why has such a time come to alienate from the rest of the Indian community in Kuwait.
I do understand that some of the decisions of the KIFF were very harsh and contrary to the spirit of soccer but this could have been easily sorted out instead of bringing about divisions among us. People imparting education and discipline to the boys should have been on the forefront to provide sensible and disciplined counsel to those who are fighting the useless war which creates indiscipline in the society. Football is organized to unite people and not to create splits among people.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait
In 1979 United Goans Football Centre (UG) were responsible to initiate and start our competitive soccer activities at Sour grounds, in Kuwait city. First it was only one League cum Knock-out tournament organized by UG and from the following year came Flying Arrows and others with their Knockout tourneys. Since these tournaments were organized by individual clubs and teams, JP felt the need to bring all the participating teams under one banner for the smooth functioning and control. He first confided this idea to me which I marketed to all thru my writings and gained momentum for this good proposal.
Mr. Lawrence Rato with my assistance and with the help of others who are no more in Kuwait now, convened a meeting in the big Church Hall to devise ways to proceed further but man like Denzil D’Souza and others vomited negative feelings. We said, and I wrote boldly thru my writings that those who are not willing to support this proposal they should withdraw from our midst but we will go ahead.
Then Lawry Pinto got himself involved directly and gave an extra booster for this move. He moved mountains by contacting every club and every team to support this proposal, in the bargain he received insults too from the arrogant people but he never gave up. We all supported him and I remained firmly behind him by writing in support of the formation of apex body.
Rato brought soccer rules books from FIFA directly, I provided my own materials and I joined the front runners in drafting the constitution but later on I withdrew for personal reasons but supported from behind the scene. Finally, in 1985 the apex body known as KUWAIT INDIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION (KIFF) was formed fulfilling the dream of JP the founder of Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA) in Kuwait. He and Lawry Pinto were hailed as heroes of this movement and in fact they are and not me as many wrongly thought.
It is almost a quarter of a century now that KIFF has been running our soccer activities under its full control. Though KIFF is doing a commendable job yet many times arrogance and Hitlerism overruled reasoning and logic due to which many mishaps have occurred in the functioning of KIFF. This happened because persons not knowing the meaning of soccer got themselves engaged in the KIFF committee. Instead of applying soccer rules, members started applying personal rules to inflict heavy punishments for erring teams and players. Disagreements and difference of opinions erupted and suddenly this year in the beginning of the KIFF season 'splittists' in the KIFF joined together and formed another association similar to KIFF. One is called a parent body by the people while the other is called 'rebel' body with the membership of only 6 clubs or teams. At the time of writing these lines, I got an information that the parent body KIFF is having the support of 12 strong and heavyweight senior teams while the other newly formed body is having just 6 teams under its fold.
It is very sad that the situation has reached to this level necessitating split in Kuwait Indian Football. I think this situation could have been avoided if there was give and take attitude from both the warring sides. By splitting KIFF nothing will happen to KIFF but only the game of soccer will suffer which should not be. For so long KIFF did a fairly good job in promoting soccer among us. Now two organising bodies mean two different interests and two different directions with bad blood running.. It is not necessary. Good that this is not a permanent place for us to stay, if any untoward incident takes place we all will have to run from here. In this case, who will run our parallel associations? I am not blaming anybody for this mishap but those who were responsible for the formation of KIFF and also those who were responsible in running KIFF, they only know the hardship of how to maintain KIFF and importance of the KIFF.
The KIFF has got a history of almost 25 years and this history cannot be erased by forming a parallel body. KIFF is known to be for sports and entertainment in Kuwait and having the largest number of members to be registered in the Middle east. We have seen strong footballers fighting on the field with the ball to score goals and win games over the years, never thinking of the tensed life they spend in Kuwait. Few of the men I know have even died for keeping this Sports and Unity alive in Kuwait. It does not mean that they were freedom fighters for the federation but men who kept a large number of people together under one tree. The federation was going with games organized and cups won by the best teams in Kuwait which became an inspiration for the youngsters. There were also players of different states from India playing together in some clubs. Well what made it so weak that a new federation had to be made?
The news of the new federation was given on the web but no names were shown of the committee members representing the new federation. Either the new federation does not want to respect their elders and carry on the tradition of keeping the spirit alive in one place or they want to separate the sports lovers in two half for their personal differences. Why has such a time come to alienate from the rest of the Indian community in Kuwait.
I do understand that some of the decisions of the KIFF were very harsh and contrary to the spirit of soccer but this could have been easily sorted out instead of bringing about divisions among us. People imparting education and discipline to the boys should have been on the forefront to provide sensible and disciplined counsel to those who are fighting the useless war which creates indiscipline in the society. Football is organized to unite people and not to create splits among people.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait
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