FREEDOM AT LAST.

I wholeheartedly welcome the release from the House Arrest for the last 7 years of Burmese political activist Aung San Suu Kyi. It was very encouraging scene to see her walking freely and openly along with her supporters after her release. Condemning to live in solitary confinement for the last so many lengthy years, I thought she would lose her sanity and self confidence. But no, she looked perfectly well and upright. I admire her for not talking ill of the regime that sentenced her to this solitary confinement. Instead of talking ill she talked of the language of reconciliation with the regime, truly in Ghandian way and as followed by Nelson Mandela when he was released from the prison in Soth Africa. Eye for an eye and tooth for tooth is not the proper way to solve the problem. It is only thru goodwill she can earn better dividends for her fight for introduction of genuine democracy in Burma.

I was very glad to see her very jovial after her release. Physically and mentally she looked smart and alert inspite of her long term imprisonment. Normally after serving such prison terms people lose their sanity and physical fitness. When Indira Gandhi imprisoned top Indian opposition leaders in 1975 following the introduction of Emergency Rule in India, some of the top leaders suffered different sorts of sicknesses. Even Morarjee Desai suffered but not much affected. His daily routine exercise like Yoga helped him a lot to overcome the trauma he was mentally and physically undergoing in the prison. I don’t know what exactly Aung San Suu Kyi was doing to keep her active physically and mentally.

In some countries the system is such people there easily suffer mental strokes because they are not only physically harassed but even mentally suppressed. These countries and their Governments do not allow their citizens and residents to think freely even. Why in some countries, even in some commercial organizations and in companies where people are employed there they are not even allowed to think freely. In some companies thru brute power of harsh management, employees thoughts are even suppressed. I have experienced this type of brute power enacted by my immediate Nazi type management while working under them. This type of management even blocked my free flow of thoughts. I was even denied to think freely like many others. At an appropriate time I will expose this. In this part of the world many people are suffering from this type of mental suffering and yet nobody does anything to cure this desease. Mental torturing is worst than physical torturing.

Coming back to Aung San Suu Kyi, inspite of her early life spending in Delhi where she completed her higher education, India failed to forcefully condemn Burmese regime for mistreating her. Being a democratic country, India should have done something to support her activities in favour of democratic rule in Burma. But India instead acted like a “Chamcha” of Burma. India many times failed in its duty to support the suppressed. Even during the invasion of Kuwait, India initially acted like Hamlet - indecisively - thereby giving an impression that it sided with Saddam Hussein. For this reason India does not deserve a Seat in the Security Council even though Obama during his recent visit to India promised his support for India in its efforts to get a Seat in the Security Council. India still not matured to face the world politics because it is ruled by “CHOR” politicians. Indian democracy is a fake democracy which produces only “Chor” leaders. In the name of fake Liberaton, we in Goa also started to produce more and more "Chor" leaders.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.

KONKANI BOOK RELEASED IN KUWAIT TODAY.

Seen in the picture is A. Veronica Fernandes with the book.

In a function organised in Kuwait City by Kuwait Konknni Kendr, well-known journalist Daniel F. D'Souza's book "CHUN'NAM ANI KAN'DDAM" was released thru the hands of A. Veronica Fernandes - the founder of Kuwait Konknni Kendr. The function was attended by the members of KKK and their Konkani lover friends.

A. Veronica Fernandes after releasing the book in his brief speech highlighted the contribution of Daniel F. D'Souza in the promotion of Konkani.

While Rosary Ferns a renownwed Playwright and songster gave a brief description of Daniel F. D'Souza's work on Konkani field.

This book in Konkani consists of different articles on different topics.

The book is now available in Kuwait and can be obtained either from A. Veronica (97643017) or from Rosary Ferns (99745291).

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.

THE GOAN DILEMMA. By Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.

The Goan Dilemma I can understand your dilemma of a lot of people in Goa when a lot of money is thrown at them to sell their ancestral lands, these money bags think, just because they have the money, they can buy everything and everyone. I salute the brave who have taken a stand and not sold their land even in the face of adversity. I wish we had more men and women like them. It’s sad indeed that we Goans have not yet woken up to the reality.

Lot of people ask a very valid question, why is Goa being turned into a concrete jungle without the required infrastructure ? All over Goa it’s the same state of affairs and activists and people are asking the same question, but get no answers. You find Kashmiris, Rajasthanis and ofcourse the rich Gujjus all over Goa, doing what they do best trying to buy everything and everyone with their money power and we Goans loose our bearing and gobble up what’s thrown at us. It’s us Goans who have been selling our ancestral lands, not the one’s we bought with our hard earned money but what has given to us as a legacy by our ancestors, words once spoken cannot be retrieved, what’s said is said, so is the land that is sold, once sold it’s gone. The destruction of our rich fields, ecology and our environment has been termed as development, but when asked development for whom ? They just seem to have amnesia.

During the Carmona mega housing agitation, Orlando was pushed against the wall, but fought and exposed, the self proclaimed man of the masses, Churchill Alemao, who went on to say that the activists and NGO’s were squealing like pigs, when they objected to the mega project, he further went on to call it a developmental project where Goans could work as watchmen, while he and his entire family became billionaires at the cost of Goa and Goans. The days when we could take a long relaxing walks on beaches without being hassled or without our path being blocked, by temporary or permanent structures, or even the beach beds or shacks, have long been gone. Today you see all filth, beggars, conmen, conwomen, junkies, thieves, peddlers and even rapists and murders laying siege to our once safe and beautiful beaches. Commercialism, corruption, unhealthy and unplanned tourism has been the cause of our misfortune.

There is yet a new breed of Goans that have popped up of late in different medias, professing the very old adage “if you can’t beat them join them” and are sing paeans of the corrupt politicians on different medias, thinking that they could change the carnivorous Hyenas into veggies and I am sure it will not be long before these guys get hooked to the carnivorous diet of the Hyenas themselves, if they have already not got the taste of it. Our corrupt politicians will not change unless we stop them by force, they will never listen to reason or goodwill, that good old dogma has been cast into the bin. It’s only the public outrage that can bring about a change and force the Hyenas into a veggie diet. I am happy that there are a lot more people and youngsters who want a change and are getting involved, the trail has been picked up and it won’t be long before the pose catches up with the renegades, that, will be the day of reckoning, the dawn of a new era. Hope we can be proud of our beloved Goa once again in this life time.

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes,
Nuem, Cabo-de-Rama,
Goa,
Dubai, UAE.