According to science, man is the ultimate animal or the last derivative of the animal species. Over the sequence of evolution the characteristics of living organisms have only evolved from a single cell amoeba to give us the most complex human being and it’s relativity to think and reason, a trait that is not prevalent or is absent in rest of the living organisms. Yes, it is an obvious assumption that, take away the power to think and reason and we are no better than the animals.
The story of Umar Farooq is a clear indication and proof that we are still animals, even though we think that we as human being have acquired the right to be superior to animals as we have the power to think and reason. In the case of the animal called Umar Farooq he tortured his own new born infant child Afreen for 85 days. What can be more cruel, than battering a baby who is defenseless and clueless to what and why she is being subjected to such pain and agony.
Only when the mother of the baby Afreen, Reshman Bano, went to the hospital with the battered body of her baby, the brutality and the inhuman acts of the father Umar Farooq became public knowledge. For nearly three months baby Afreen was subjected to beating, biting and cigarette butt burns over her delicate body, her only crime was, she was tabooed to be a girl child, an unwanted girl child.
India is certainly shocked at this barbaric act against baby Afreen, sick as we may feel, but this condemnation of a girl child is very common even today all over shining India, it is not just prevalent in the illiterate world of shanties and hutments across the length and breadth of India but also across the wide spectrum of the educated elite living in condominiums, who live with the notion that their legacy should be carried forward only by their male child and their women are often treated as slot machines for the preferred boy child, if not some are even beaten, burnt or driven to suicide. This is indeed the ugliest truth of shining India of the 21st century.
It is not only Umar Farooq who should be blamed for this horrific tragedy but the whole Indian society, for not only propagating but also supporting the hypocritical superiority of a male child in our families or else how can we justify the selective abortions of a girl child that run in millions ? We are as guilty as Umar Farooq as we try to destroy the very life that we set out to create in the mother’s womb. If we feel sorry and appalled by what happened to baby Afreen shouldn’t we feel the same for the unborn that we kill ?
May our Indian society do away with animals like Umar Farooq for good and not treat a girl child as a burden or a liability or even a dent in our personal coffers but may our society promote and respect every girl child and offer them equal opportunities to live and prove themselves as much as their male counterparts. They too have the right to live as much as any boy child. They are our children so let’s not differentiate between a boy and a girl child. We do need to find a cure for this growing epidemic of crime against the girl child before it consumes society.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.
April 15, 2012
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April 10, 2012
LOOTING PWD.
Last year during October/November I was on vacation in Goa. During that time Goa Legislative Assembly Session was in progress. On one particular day when Assembly debate was going on, Fatorda BJP MLA Damu Naik with his thundering voice in the Assembly, addressing to the Speaker Prataphsing Rane said, "Speaker Sir, PWD is ‘looting Goa’ , looking at the PWD Minister seated there. Listening to this accusation Speaker Rane just kept himself silent with a monkey’s smile on his face while the PWD Minister did not utter a single word in his defence. Knowing his nature I thought PWD Minister Churchill Alemao will refute Damu Naik’s accusation forcefully but not. If I were in place of Churchill Alemao, I would react forcefully thus: "Mr. Damu Naik! If you are a real son of your real father then you will prove your accusation with evidence otherwise you are a Bastard". But our PWD Minister kept total silence thereby giving credence to the accusation of Damu Naik.
Among all the portfolios PWD is the most lucrative portfolio because of total corruption going on there in allotting contracts on commission basis and thus getting chance of looting Goa. During the tenure of Churchill Alemao as PWD Minister lot of stories have been going on of all round corruption there, even ordinary Peon working in this department was as alleged involved in taking bribe to carry the File from one office to the other in the same building. For this reason corrupt ministers are not only asking but demanding this portfolio. Before Churchill Alemao, Dawlikar was holding this portfolio whence lot of stories were going on of how corruption was running there for looting Goa.
In his Ministry Parrikar has again given this portfolio to Dawlikar thereby creating more corruption under the already corrupt minister. Goans conscious of their duty must keep vigil on Dawlikar and reprimand Parrikar for doling this portfolio to Dawlikar whose earlier record was very bad. There is a saying in Konkani, ‘Mazran kedna imsann soddlea?’ Known corrupt ministers will ever be uncorrupt? Never. They will never leave their bad habits. Parrikar should take care of his own credibility and maintain Zero tolerance for corruption in his cabinet.
Parrikar was brought back to power thru a very vigilant public revolution not thru bullet but thru ballot. For common men to enjoy the fruits of this revolution all the NGO’s and activists and also common people must watch if the corruption is going on and if there is it should be exposed and thereby in the bargain Parrikar’s efficiency should be also exposed. Parrikar should not be allowed to fool the Goans by accepting corruption in any of his ministries. Zero tolerance for corruption should be implemented and maintained. There should be no bribing to get government jobs as allegedly it was done in PWD earlier and there should be no commission on any services government provides. The commission business of certain percentage in allotting PWD contracts should be curbed with iron hand. PWD should be revamped. PWD is the major source of corruption that led to the destruction of Congress in Goa in the last election. This government should be clean as opposed to the last congress government of corrupt ministers.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
Among all the portfolios PWD is the most lucrative portfolio because of total corruption going on there in allotting contracts on commission basis and thus getting chance of looting Goa. During the tenure of Churchill Alemao as PWD Minister lot of stories have been going on of all round corruption there, even ordinary Peon working in this department was as alleged involved in taking bribe to carry the File from one office to the other in the same building. For this reason corrupt ministers are not only asking but demanding this portfolio. Before Churchill Alemao, Dawlikar was holding this portfolio whence lot of stories were going on of how corruption was running there for looting Goa.
In his Ministry Parrikar has again given this portfolio to Dawlikar thereby creating more corruption under the already corrupt minister. Goans conscious of their duty must keep vigil on Dawlikar and reprimand Parrikar for doling this portfolio to Dawlikar whose earlier record was very bad. There is a saying in Konkani, ‘Mazran kedna imsann soddlea?’ Known corrupt ministers will ever be uncorrupt? Never. They will never leave their bad habits. Parrikar should take care of his own credibility and maintain Zero tolerance for corruption in his cabinet.
Parrikar was brought back to power thru a very vigilant public revolution not thru bullet but thru ballot. For common men to enjoy the fruits of this revolution all the NGO’s and activists and also common people must watch if the corruption is going on and if there is it should be exposed and thereby in the bargain Parrikar’s efficiency should be also exposed. Parrikar should not be allowed to fool the Goans by accepting corruption in any of his ministries. Zero tolerance for corruption should be implemented and maintained. There should be no bribing to get government jobs as allegedly it was done in PWD earlier and there should be no commission on any services government provides. The commission business of certain percentage in allotting PWD contracts should be curbed with iron hand. PWD should be revamped. PWD is the major source of corruption that led to the destruction of Congress in Goa in the last election. This government should be clean as opposed to the last congress government of corrupt ministers.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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