Then with the advent and
establishment of Christianity in Goa, the influence of Christianity very
powerfully reflected not only on newly converted Christīans but even on others
too and thus turning the entire Goan population into a totally different type
of people as peace loving and as far as
their character, discipline and morality are
concerned, they are the best compared to those
people beyond the borders of Goa. And these characteristics of Goans
lasted till 19.12.61 when borders of Goa were kept open for any of the third rated Bharati from other parts of
Bharat to come and settle down in Goa as if Goa is his father’s property.
Taking advantage of this freedom, in the beginning most of the low quality
Indians came to Goa and with this influx of third grade Indians came also the
worst class of Indians. The early Bharatis to enter into Goa after 19.12.61
were the Maharastrians many of whom had no class in them but lot of hatred for genuine Goans mainly the Christians who were
described to these Maharastrians by their mentors, as Chamchas of
Portuguese. In fact Christans were not the Chamchas of Portuguese, the real
Chamchas of Portuguese were those who got
the trade/import licences to do
business in Goa and those holding the monopoly of major Industries and main
businesses of Goa in their hands, some of them they got these facilities even
thru illicit means. However, one thing must be borne in mind that No other
community did as much as Goan Christians community did for the cause of the
liberation of Goa by driving away the Portuguese from Goa, many of the biggest and sincere and
devoted freedom fighters of Goa to oust
the Portuguese from Goan soil were the Goan Chriustian Catholics. Who were the Pinto’s revolutionaries who
conducted the Revolt of 1787 against the Portuguese rule in Goa? They were all Catholics mainly the Priests
from Candolim Pinto’s family whose ancestral palatial house with "Brazao"
engraved at the entrance of their house is still existing.
Who was Dr. Francis Luis Gomes who by standing
erect on European soil forcefully
demanded freedom from the Europeans not only for Goa but for the entire India?
He was a pure Roman Catholic Christian representing his South Goa constituency in the
Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon. When he
demanded freedom for the entire India the topmost leaders of India were
sleeping in Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Hyderabad, Assam and elsewhere in India, the
impact of his statement demanding freedom for India was so powerful that none of the Indian leaders could
match with the wisdom and ferocity of this statement of Dr.Gomes.
It was also declared to the World that Goans were not just the “Panpotti" and
"Dhoti” but Goans were the highly educated and intellectual giants knowing how
to eat and dress and behave in the more westernized Western society. They knew
to integrate with the Westerners and act as westerners, they knew to eat and
drink like westerners only and because of this accessibility of Goans in the
Western society, they were more preferred by the Westerners.The influence of Portugal and Christianity on Goans has helped immensely Goans not only to integrate with the West but more than that to penetrate thru them. This superlative characteristic of Goans attracted a deep degree of envy from the Indians from other parts of India. In fact some of the Indians who landed in Goa soon after the ouster of Portugal from Goa were so zealous of Goans in social life while most of the Indians were behaving like donkeys and since they lacked the decent mannerism they were called as Ghannttis because according to my knowledge and experience, in my neighbourhood for the first time I heard the word "GHANTTI" from the mouth of our elders somewhere in 1955 when I was a small boy watching them with deslike for their dirty habits and with fear too for their anger on their colleagues who were seminude among the male group and women as scantily dressed while their small children totally nude who were crying for drink and to eat for which their fathers were silencing them with extremely high pitched shouting, they were staying under the shade of Trees and Plants and speaking among them in a language that sounded like Marathi but not Konkani. It was informed by one of our elders that they were wonderers, nomadic type of people who were put on the road and in the jungle by their own society leaders. Then later on when they left for the next destnation, they robbed our Tumbler that we gave them to fill water from our Well sonce they were staying near my house. I as a small boy I was watching their every move and I found them they lacked human hearts, no human discipline, they were number one robbers and no human attributes because they lived a rough life. It is here that I heard the word Ghantti first time because people used to call them as such and cautioning us to be very careful since they are capable of robbing you bodily and soully too.
To go to a step forward and to
give further justification of my statement in praise of Goans, the demand that
was made by Dr. Gomes was much before the great Indian leaders namely the
Gandhis and Nehrus were born. See the
advancement of our Goans in the political field!!. Much before some of the top Indians could know to
pronounce the Democracy our ancestors in Goa already mastered the art of electoral
democracy and much before Parliamentary democracy born in India, our Goan
politicians already got elected in the Portuguese Parliament where two Seats
were reserved for 2 Goan representatives, one in the South Goa and the other in
the North Goa and as such Goans were very matured in the political field. The educational and intellectual standard 0f
those days Parliamentarians was very high compared to that of the current
ones.
But now the level of Goan Parliamentarians and Legislators have reached to such a low ebb that it is already become a shame to accept these Parliamentarians and Legislators because they have refused to act as per their roles to work for the cause of the society and instead they are gone into robbing and looting spree by occupying the respectable positions thereby bringing their positions into disrepute. What a disgraceful quality of some of our current Legislators and Parliamentarians !!. They are so corrupt that to call them as Parliamentarians and Legislators is a big shame, not only that but a big sin too, oh no, not only that but a great sacrilege. Most of the current Legislators are puny minded parochial and communal whose job is not to sit in the Legislative Assembly and National Parliament but elsewhere. These intellectually bankrupt people are a big shame on the topmost image of Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes who even taught Indians what is the meaning of Freedom.
But now the level of Goan Parliamentarians and Legislators have reached to such a low ebb that it is already become a shame to accept these Parliamentarians and Legislators because they have refused to act as per their roles to work for the cause of the society and instead they are gone into robbing and looting spree by occupying the respectable positions thereby bringing their positions into disrepute. What a disgraceful quality of some of our current Legislators and Parliamentarians !!. They are so corrupt that to call them as Parliamentarians and Legislators is a big shame, not only that but a big sin too, oh no, not only that but a great sacrilege. Most of the current Legislators are puny minded parochial and communal whose job is not to sit in the Legislative Assembly and National Parliament but elsewhere. These intellectually bankrupt people are a big shame on the topmost image of Dr. Francisco Luis Gomes who even taught Indians what is the meaning of Freedom.
Indian Military convoy while
moving on to Goa, others to as civilians followed them shortly and yet still
others were brought to Goa by that
anti-Goan, anti-Christian and anti-Konkani the first Chief Minister of Goa,
Dayananda Bandodcar and his Political Party, The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak
Party that was fighting to merge Goa with Maharastra and thus liquidate Goa
and everything Goan. When the relevance of this Party is no more valid since
the issue of merger of Goa already buried, Is it not a shame and
disgrace for those Goans to build the monument of the greatest traitor Dayananda
Bandodcar, in many places in Goa and falsely depict him as the patriot of
Goa? Does the patriot sells his land to
his neighour by stripping him of his citizenship of his own land?. During the
Portuguese rule in Goa this traitor Bandodcar
lived a previlleged life and enjoyed all the business facilities from
the colonialists Portuguese just as other top business magnates enjoyed
namely Salgaocars, Dempos, Chawgules, Bandecars, Caculos, Naiks etc. It is this
class of Goans who enjoyed all the top benefits from the Portuguese and sadly
many of the members of
their community defaming Christian community as recipients of the largess of the Portuguez.
To be concluded ...........3/-
A.Veronica Fernandes.
To be concluded ...........3/-
A.Veronica Fernandes.
