August 28, 2011
VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS OF MIRAMAR.
Violence On The Streets Of Miramar
The news about the violence on the streets of Miramar spread like wild fire and as I went through the news, I felt that if choppers and knives were replaced with blazing guns, this act would have been a straight from the famous Mario Puzo best seller, The Godfather, by the Mafiso’s on the streets of Sicily, a film directed by none other than the Oscar winning Francis F Coppola.
Goans all over are shocked at such violence within the parameters and precincts of the Capital city, which houses the GHQ of the Goa Police. It looks like criminals have neither fear nor respect for the HQ of the law enforcement agency of Goa and it is indeed worrying to note that even though a police van was in the vicinity of the crime scene, the mafia type gang war still erupted in broad day light and on the main road of the posh locality and in this barbaric attack, an innocent bystander was stabbed and is now fighting for her life.
Would criminals dare commit this barbaric crime in such close proximity of a police station and more so the Police HQ, if our police were honest, efficient and duty bound ? Any where in the world, criminals would think hundred times before committing a crime in such a close proximity of a police station and more so of the police GHQ. It is very much evident that our system of governance has rendered the Goa Police ineffective and impotent, willingly or unwillingly, or else, how can we explain that our Goa Police are now saluting and protecting the very same person that had attacked the GHQ in broad daylight and few years ago ?
In Goa the nexus between criminals, police and the politicians is common knowledge, the political clout and money power of the crooked and corrupt politicians shelters criminals and feeds the police and those that are good enough to refuse handouts become victims of the transfer transgressions in God forsaken places.
The hired goons of politicians act as tools to clamp down non-cooperating and non-submitting individuals or parties, especially during elections and in return get protection from anything and everything including murder. Even in this present case it’s in the news that a present minister in the Kamat cabinet, went to the hospital to see the criminal who was attacked by a rival gang but unfortunately did not think it prudent to ask about the welfare of the innocent girl with a punctured lung fighting for her life, a victim of collateral damage.
Every minister in Goa has his own band of renegades who follow their orders without any questions, faithful dogs ready to pounce even on unsuspecting and peace loving victims. Sometimes it is the members of the security service that carry on atrocities against innocent and peaceful protesters on the behest of miners and politicians. The number of custodial deaths has shown the apathy of our Police for the Rule of Law and justice. Deaths due to criminal negligence are ignored, murder files closed as natural deaths and rapes swept under the carpets.
In Goa if you have the money and the hand of a politician over you, you can get away with anything and everything and the apathy of our Police and politicians has overwhelmingly led to the pathetic state of affairs in Goa. We Goans today are not secure in our own streets and in our own homes and this is only because we Goans have sold our self respect and our dignity to the highest bidder and elected the same corrupt and conniving politicians to carry their relentless assault on Goa and Goans, unabated.
I only hope and pray that the prevailing mayhem in Goa will make every Goan sit up and take account of our actions and realize our folly, take corrective actions and elect good people who will work for the wellbeing of Goa and Goans and get rid of people who support crime and criminals for their own personal wellbeing.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.
August 27, 2011
REPLY TO VERONICA ON "goan freedom fighters".
Dear Veronica,
Your article on the subject is very much appreciative and of the need of the hour. I was interested to read what Prof. James has responded to you over your discussion with him. Nevertheless, your argument over the Freedom Fighters not coming forward in support of Anna Hazere is very much right and justified. Your further mention about the so called Freedom Fighters being involved in robberies and other criminal activities is also believable. Because, many of them were in prison for various other offenses than the freedom related during the time Goa was liberated from Portuguese rulers.
Besides, these so called freedom fighters have no other motive now than haterage towards Christians. The other motive is only to beg pension from Goa Govt. while a fight for freedom is a sacrifice these freedom fighters made it as a business only to beg pension. A real & honest Freedom fighter will honor his fight as a great sacrifice to his State and would never claim a reward thus making it as a payment for his fighting. And after all what kind of fight they must have put which is that worth? I am sure the real Freedom fighters must have never listed themseles to claim any reward for their heroic sacrifice.
And what kind of support they will give to Anna Hazare? They themselves may be one of these listed in the corruption list otherwise they should have been the first one to come on to the streets to fight the corruption considering their fight for freedom of Goa is never to lead Goa in to corruption. Today they should have been No. one enemy of Politicians who are looting Goa left and right, they say they have fought for freedom, for not having come forward to fight against the corruption, i am sure they too share the loot along with our Politicians in Goa.
It is always less the more we comment over our Goa's so called Freedom Fighters.
Regarding you Veronica, I must admit openly that your articles in goa-kranti are creating excellent results. There is nobody in our community any where in the expatriate world who writes the way you write. Your articles are full of wisdom, history, reality and matter. You should carry on with your campaign from kranti for the betterment of our community because you are the only such person who can do so.
By associating with you in Kuwait I know your activities are excellent for the cause. You are a charismatic figure among Goans in Kuwait , people even your adversaries support you because you are straight man, you never involved in cheating, you were never dismissed from any association for doing mschief, you have never misappropriated fund of any association, you are not a drunkard and bove all you are a nice family man never involved in keeping a concubine. I know in Kuwait the so called prominents are known to cheat their wives by keeping concubines and who they are you know very well.
Keep up the good work.
Regards.
Elvino.
2011/8/24 A. Veronica Fernandes
G O A
--No plans in this revolution are written for retreat--
August 24, 2011
WHERE ARE GOAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS NOW?
Prof. James from Assonora Bardez was my professor at Xavier’s College, Goa. He was a brilliant English teacher whose every lecture was a great lesson for the students. During Portuguese time he was a great Goan Christian freedom fighter who faced imprisonment and beatings from the Portuguese Agente. A few years back when I was on my vacation in Goa, I met him at the residence of Rangel Bastora, at Bastora Bardez where while on discussion on Goan political scene, I asked him this question: “Professor James, don’t you feel guilty to see the sad state of affairs Goa is undergoing now? What was your purpose to fight for Goa's freedom? Just to drive away the Portuguese out of Goa and leave Goa into the hands of these current corrupt politician rogues?”. Then I went a step further and accused the genuine Goan freedom fighters for keeping their silence on the corruption that is going on in Goa because they freedom fighters are quiet and watching everything as silent observers, adding further that they have to fight for one more freedom for Goa from these rogue politicians otherwise their sacrifices for the genuine cause of Goa will go waste....
Your article on the subject is very much appreciative and of the need of the hour. I was interested to read what Prof. James has responded to you over your discussion with him. Nevertheless, your argument over the Freedom Fighters not coming forward in support of Anna Hazere is very much right and justified. Your further mention about the so called Freedom Fighters being involved in robberies and other criminal activities is also believable. Because, many of them were in prison for various other offenses than the freedom related during the time Goa was liberated from Portuguese rulers.
Besides, these so called freedom fighters have no other motive now than haterage towards Christians. The other motive is only to beg pension from Goa Govt. while a fight for freedom is a sacrifice these freedom fighters made it as a business only to beg pension. A real & honest Freedom fighter will honor his fight as a great sacrifice to his State and would never claim a reward thus making it as a payment for his fighting. And after all what kind of fight they must have put which is that worth? I am sure the real Freedom fighters must have never listed themseles to claim any reward for their heroic sacrifice.
And what kind of support they will give to Anna Hazare? They themselves may be one of these listed in the corruption list otherwise they should have been the first one to come on to the streets to fight the corruption considering their fight for freedom of Goa is never to lead Goa in to corruption. Today they should have been No. one enemy of Politicians who are looting Goa left and right, they say they have fought for freedom, for not having come forward to fight against the corruption, i am sure they too share the loot along with our Politicians in Goa.
It is always less the more we comment over our Goa's so called Freedom Fighters.
Regarding you Veronica, I must admit openly that your articles in goa-kranti are creating excellent results. There is nobody in our community any where in the expatriate world who writes the way you write. Your articles are full of wisdom, history, reality and matter. You should carry on with your campaign from kranti for the betterment of our community because you are the only such person who can do so.
By associating with you in Kuwait I know your activities are excellent for the cause. You are a charismatic figure among Goans in Kuwait , people even your adversaries support you because you are straight man, you never involved in cheating, you were never dismissed from any association for doing mschief, you have never misappropriated fund of any association, you are not a drunkard and bove all you are a nice family man never involved in keeping a concubine. I know in Kuwait the so called prominents are known to cheat their wives by keeping concubines and who they are you know very well.
Keep up the good work.
Regards.
Elvino.
2011/8/24 A. Veronica Fernandes
G O A
--No plans in this revolution are written for retreat--
August 24, 2011
WHERE ARE GOAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS NOW?
Prof. James from Assonora Bardez was my professor at Xavier’s College, Goa. He was a brilliant English teacher whose every lecture was a great lesson for the students. During Portuguese time he was a great Goan Christian freedom fighter who faced imprisonment and beatings from the Portuguese Agente. A few years back when I was on my vacation in Goa, I met him at the residence of Rangel Bastora, at Bastora Bardez where while on discussion on Goan political scene, I asked him this question: “Professor James, don’t you feel guilty to see the sad state of affairs Goa is undergoing now? What was your purpose to fight for Goa's freedom? Just to drive away the Portuguese out of Goa and leave Goa into the hands of these current corrupt politician rogues?”. Then I went a step further and accused the genuine Goan freedom fighters for keeping their silence on the corruption that is going on in Goa because they freedom fighters are quiet and watching everything as silent observers, adding further that they have to fight for one more freedom for Goa from these rogue politicians otherwise their sacrifices for the genuine cause of Goa will go waste....
August 26, 2011
THIRD CLASS LEADERSHIP OF INDIA.
On the advice of Anna Hazare his supporters went on demonstration to “gherao” the houses of some Ministers and MP's in Delhi to force them to support the Jan Lokpal Bill. In Goa supporters of anti-corruption movemet “gheraoed” the house of Sardinha the Cong. MP from South Goa. In Delhi they demonstrated in front of the houses of Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Sing and Pranab Mukerjee. This is one of the methods of civil disobedience movement.
During the Konkani language agitation in mid eighties I was on vacation in Goa and at that time we the Konkani lover agitationists almost every second day taking out rallies from Panjim Azad Maidan and going to Altinho in demonstration shouting slogans in front of the bungalows of Ministers residing there like Maharajs at the cost of Goan taxpayers. We were demonstrating in front of their residential bungalows to indicate our anguish to them over their apathy towards Konkani in not supporting Konkani cause in the Legislative Assembly. During so many demonstrations only once we encountered one minister that was Harish Zantye who seeing us shouting slogans in front of his Bungalow came to the balcony of his first floor like a Maharaja and smiled at us like a big “BAIZON” without uttering a single word. Activist Aires Rodrigues from Ribandar who was one of the prominent persons leading the demonstration loudly asked Zantye “what is your reaction to this demonstration?” For which Zantya again smiled like a big “KHETEM”.
Then we went in the demonstration to two Ministers bungalows but unfortunately neither of them came out to see us. When enquired with their guards, we were confidentially told that one of the ministers a Hindu Romeo was busy in having Sex with a Christian girl with a promise to offer her a government job while the other a Christian Minister was busy counting currency notes in lakhs which he received as bribe to allot a contract to the local contractor. Both the Ministers who refused to see us were corrupt like any other Goan minister. This is the quality of our ministers, now it is worst for this reason the imperative need of the Lokpal Bill.
The campaign that Anna Hazare carrying now against corruption is done on behalf of every Indian citizen for this reason there is so much of support for his campaign spontaneously from every Indian. Anna Hazare is become the mouthpiece of every Indian who is disgusted with the corruption going on in India. Like 42 years Libyans tolerated suppression from Col. Ghaddafi and now revolted against his autocratic rule, in the same manner over 4 decades Indians tolerated corruption of Indian governments under Congress, Janata and BJP and finally like Libyans revolted against the government of India for tolerating corruption for such a long period.
The Libyan revolution was created by the young generation within the range of 40 while the current anti-corruption revolution in India is largely supported by the youth because they must gain the benefit of corruption free India. The benefits of Indian freedom were acquired by the politicians and their family members only but now the benefits of anti-corruption movement will surely go to every Indian whether politician or not politician.
In the aftermath of the independence of India, Indian politicians succeeded in creating for them and their children a new class of Indians that is a class of New Kings and New Maharajas; if father is a MLA or MP or a Minister his sons or daughters and grandchildren should also follow their parents and grand parents. It is like Kingdom or Sheikhdom passing from father to the son and so on. While in the aftermath of the Lokpal Bill artificial Kingship and artificial Maharajaship will come to an end in India.
The point of saturation is already reached for people’s tolerance of corruption in India. Congress leadership will have no option but to surrender to Annaji otherwise there will be chaos in India for which only the current government of India in Delhi will be responsible. The anti-corruption movement going on in India is not of Annaji only, it is the movement of every Indian and they will not keep silence till justice is done. The government of India and its leadership failed to read the temperature of the mood of Indian people. Just like Indira Gandhi who failed to read the mood of the Indians during the emergency rule in India and thinking that people will re-elect her she went for general election in 1977 and got a royal kick on her back.
In the spectrum of Ana Hazare’s movement Indian leadership at the Centre in Delhi totally failed and thereby it failed the dignity of every Indian giving an indication that Indian leadership is not into the hands of matured people. As an Indian I am afraid to tell that Indian political administration is in the hands of wrong people who may commit any blunder while dealing with our neighbours. Good that China fought a war with India in 1962 only and captured only a piece of land from India. If it is now, due to immaturity of our leadership, taking advantage of the weakness of our leadership, China would capture whole of India. Good that India fought the Bangladesh war in 1971 only. If it is now, instead of liberating East Pakistan our gullible leadership would give to Pakistan on silver platter Indian West Bengal also. I am afraid of India’s security because Indian leadership is in the hands of rogues and wrong people. These Indian rogues may even sell a part of India to our belligerent neighbours. This is the third class quality of Indian leadership.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Kwait
During the Konkani language agitation in mid eighties I was on vacation in Goa and at that time we the Konkani lover agitationists almost every second day taking out rallies from Panjim Azad Maidan and going to Altinho in demonstration shouting slogans in front of the bungalows of Ministers residing there like Maharajs at the cost of Goan taxpayers. We were demonstrating in front of their residential bungalows to indicate our anguish to them over their apathy towards Konkani in not supporting Konkani cause in the Legislative Assembly. During so many demonstrations only once we encountered one minister that was Harish Zantye who seeing us shouting slogans in front of his Bungalow came to the balcony of his first floor like a Maharaja and smiled at us like a big “BAIZON” without uttering a single word. Activist Aires Rodrigues from Ribandar who was one of the prominent persons leading the demonstration loudly asked Zantye “what is your reaction to this demonstration?” For which Zantya again smiled like a big “KHETEM”.
Then we went in the demonstration to two Ministers bungalows but unfortunately neither of them came out to see us. When enquired with their guards, we were confidentially told that one of the ministers a Hindu Romeo was busy in having Sex with a Christian girl with a promise to offer her a government job while the other a Christian Minister was busy counting currency notes in lakhs which he received as bribe to allot a contract to the local contractor. Both the Ministers who refused to see us were corrupt like any other Goan minister. This is the quality of our ministers, now it is worst for this reason the imperative need of the Lokpal Bill.
The campaign that Anna Hazare carrying now against corruption is done on behalf of every Indian citizen for this reason there is so much of support for his campaign spontaneously from every Indian. Anna Hazare is become the mouthpiece of every Indian who is disgusted with the corruption going on in India. Like 42 years Libyans tolerated suppression from Col. Ghaddafi and now revolted against his autocratic rule, in the same manner over 4 decades Indians tolerated corruption of Indian governments under Congress, Janata and BJP and finally like Libyans revolted against the government of India for tolerating corruption for such a long period.
The Libyan revolution was created by the young generation within the range of 40 while the current anti-corruption revolution in India is largely supported by the youth because they must gain the benefit of corruption free India. The benefits of Indian freedom were acquired by the politicians and their family members only but now the benefits of anti-corruption movement will surely go to every Indian whether politician or not politician.
In the aftermath of the independence of India, Indian politicians succeeded in creating for them and their children a new class of Indians that is a class of New Kings and New Maharajas; if father is a MLA or MP or a Minister his sons or daughters and grandchildren should also follow their parents and grand parents. It is like Kingdom or Sheikhdom passing from father to the son and so on. While in the aftermath of the Lokpal Bill artificial Kingship and artificial Maharajaship will come to an end in India.
The point of saturation is already reached for people’s tolerance of corruption in India. Congress leadership will have no option but to surrender to Annaji otherwise there will be chaos in India for which only the current government of India in Delhi will be responsible. The anti-corruption movement going on in India is not of Annaji only, it is the movement of every Indian and they will not keep silence till justice is done. The government of India and its leadership failed to read the temperature of the mood of Indian people. Just like Indira Gandhi who failed to read the mood of the Indians during the emergency rule in India and thinking that people will re-elect her she went for general election in 1977 and got a royal kick on her back.
In the spectrum of Ana Hazare’s movement Indian leadership at the Centre in Delhi totally failed and thereby it failed the dignity of every Indian giving an indication that Indian leadership is not into the hands of matured people. As an Indian I am afraid to tell that Indian political administration is in the hands of wrong people who may commit any blunder while dealing with our neighbours. Good that China fought a war with India in 1962 only and captured only a piece of land from India. If it is now, due to immaturity of our leadership, taking advantage of the weakness of our leadership, China would capture whole of India. Good that India fought the Bangladesh war in 1971 only. If it is now, instead of liberating East Pakistan our gullible leadership would give to Pakistan on silver platter Indian West Bengal also. I am afraid of India’s security because Indian leadership is in the hands of rogues and wrong people. These Indian rogues may even sell a part of India to our belligerent neighbours. This is the third class quality of Indian leadership.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Kwait
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