Mr. Veronica, I support your write-up regarding MOPA and DABOLIM Airports, it is true; One Hundred Millions time it is TRUE and there is no doubt.
Indian Navy will never ever give us back our historical and only one, the Dabolim International Airport. I’m hearing since last 7 years now that Centre had approved CRORES of Rupees for the infrastructure and developments of Dabolim Airport and till-to-date, nothing has been done. My question is; where is the money? When will the work commence? After MOPA airport is built?
I was writing about the Dabolim Airport last 7 years back on the net and so far nothing has been done. It is the same story line, Konkan Railway, Meta Strip, Metro Train, goans objected, centre adopted. I always say our Freedom Fighters had made a great mistake, liberated GOA and merged to India. Indian Navy came and robbed our precious – Dabolim Aiport and Angediva Island. Will Goa and goans be safe? We must ask ourself and we will get the answer.
Latest news during the last election time, MOPA Airport simultaneously will come up in Goa along with upgrading of Dabolim Airport. Not a single MLA has done anything for the Dabolim Airport, only tamashaa has been made by Churchill Alemao only to gain votes and sympathy from the peoples of Goa. Beware, no MLA nor Minister will do his best to save Dabolim Airport.
Only Goan NRIs like Kerala NRIs who built their own airport in Kerala and Consumer Court can save the Dabolim Airport.
Santana Piedade Afonso – Kuwait.
September 25, 2007
September 20, 2007
Congratulations on Wedding Anniversary
Congratulations to Bab Veronica & Fatima Fernandes on their 28th Wedding Anniversary – Thursday 20th September 2007.
Marriage in our culture, it is a sacred union - husband and wife are bonded for life. Unlike the west, there is so much love and affection in our family life. This is the essence of Goan values and one of our key strengths. The great Mark Twain once said, “No man or woman knows what perfect love is unless they have been married quarter of a century.”
Veronica and Fatima were married at the Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City in 1979.
Knowing Bab Veronica for the last few years, I am reminded of what the great philosopher Leo Tolstoy uttered: The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
Bab Veronica – as everyone knows him – is a man of strong values practicing simple living throughout. He is as much in love with the society as with his wife and family. He has helped to form a progressive community and perhaps strived more in putting the community interests ahead of his own.
Bab Veronica has been a teacher for our society – specially for those who suffer from feudal thinking. His regular efforts in his writings to show us the roots of where we belong and the commitment to our culture and language were recently recognized by a well-known Konkani organization in Kuwait Konkani Kullvar who honored him for his achievements for the promotion of Konkani language over the years.
We are all aware of our rights as citizens. But Veronica bab has taught us all that our duty is towards the community as a whole, as much as it is towards our families. He has struggled for a better community in line with the famous Winston Churchill who said: Responsibility is the price of greatness. We should know that this is exactly what Bab Veronica has been doing over the years as Veronica himself often says, “We have to extend our family values beyond the boundaries of our home.”
One of the greatest achievements of Bab Veronica was the Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Movement during the invasion of Kuwait. The fact that the movement was recognized by Delhi and Kuwait Government makes it one of the prized memorabilias of Veronica’s life.
As they say, an anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow, I wish Veronica bab and Fatima yet another year of a great beginning and cheerful togetherness.
May the winds of heaven dance between them.
Sincerely,
GASPER CRASTO
Kuwait
Marriage in our culture, it is a sacred union - husband and wife are bonded for life. Unlike the west, there is so much love and affection in our family life. This is the essence of Goan values and one of our key strengths. The great Mark Twain once said, “No man or woman knows what perfect love is unless they have been married quarter of a century.”
Veronica and Fatima were married at the Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City in 1979.
Knowing Bab Veronica for the last few years, I am reminded of what the great philosopher Leo Tolstoy uttered: The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
Bab Veronica – as everyone knows him – is a man of strong values practicing simple living throughout. He is as much in love with the society as with his wife and family. He has helped to form a progressive community and perhaps strived more in putting the community interests ahead of his own.
Bab Veronica has been a teacher for our society – specially for those who suffer from feudal thinking. His regular efforts in his writings to show us the roots of where we belong and the commitment to our culture and language were recently recognized by a well-known Konkani organization in Kuwait Konkani Kullvar who honored him for his achievements for the promotion of Konkani language over the years.
We are all aware of our rights as citizens. But Veronica bab has taught us all that our duty is towards the community as a whole, as much as it is towards our families. He has struggled for a better community in line with the famous Winston Churchill who said: Responsibility is the price of greatness. We should know that this is exactly what Bab Veronica has been doing over the years as Veronica himself often says, “We have to extend our family values beyond the boundaries of our home.”
One of the greatest achievements of Bab Veronica was the Goa-Kuwait Solidarity Movement during the invasion of Kuwait. The fact that the movement was recognized by Delhi and Kuwait Government makes it one of the prized memorabilias of Veronica’s life.
As they say, an anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow, I wish Veronica bab and Fatima yet another year of a great beginning and cheerful togetherness.
May the winds of heaven dance between them.
Sincerely,
GASPER CRASTO
Kuwait
September 14, 2007
ARE WESTERNERS WORSHIPPED IN KUWAIT?
Recently on 3rd of this month one article by Ms Muna Al-Fuzai under the title “Are Westerners worshipped here?” appeared in the local daily Kuwait Times. In response to this article I would like to make my comments as under. It was not Kuwait Times alone that raised this issue but even ordinary people in Kuwait especially the expatriates in general and Asians in particular are daily discussing this issue.
Yes, generally speaking, Westerners are worshipped in Kuwait even though they don’t really deserve it. It was construed due to historical facts that Westerners are smart because they dominated over Asians and Africans due to colonialisation process which kept the Asians and Africans subdued by the Westerners especially by the white skinners. Due to industrial revolution in the West, Westerners gained foothold over industrial development which gave the Westerners an upper hand in handling the industrial development which created maximum of output with minimum of inputs. When Westerners came to Asia and especially India for colonization process they came with something new, that is, a weapon called Gun which was earlier unseen in India. Hence, Asians and Indians in particular became subjugated to the Westerners which simply made the Asians enslaved to industrial might of the Westerners not only bodily but also mentally. This is one part of the history why Westerners are adored in Kuwait. Even when Afonso de Albuquerque came to Goa his weapons had more power to outsmart the locals in Goa.
Currently, according to my long years of observation in Kuwait, Westerners are simply adored and worshipped not only because of their work ethics and knowledge of the Western products which are abundantly sold in Kuwait but also because of their white skin. A white skin prostitute is more in demand than an Asian virgin because of the craze for white skin. Workwise Westernerns are compatible with Asians who can easily outbeat Westernerns in IT, Medical, Commercial, Administrative and some other fields. But unfortunately highly skilful Asians and Indians in particular are very much reluctant to come to this part of the world because monetary gains are not the craze for everyone. After all man does not live on money only. Even now-a-days our Goans are not ready to come to Kuwait as they used to come earlier. When I came to Kuwait it was not only necessity but also a craze but now it is totally different. Goa is not what it was earlier, Goa is much developed and good opportunities are plenty in Goa now, so too India as a whole creating more opportunities and demands for locals in their own localities.
Once about 25 years back when representatives of one of the Kuwait’s dailies approached one Editor of a leading daily from Bombay to join their newspaper in Kuwait, the Bombay Editor not only turned down the offer but turned it down scornfully saying Kuwait daily is too small for his stature. Most of the Westerners working in Kuwait are of mediocre caliber but because of their historical inheritance of high respect they are simply worshipped in Kuwait. Normally a high caliber professional Westerner will not come to Kuwait by discarding many of the previleges in his own country. Only a mediocre, or a rejected and suppressed in the West inspite of holding Western Passport will come to Kuwait. During the Portuguese rule in Goa, those Portuguese people who were sent to Goa were not of high calibre and not also of high quality. Masons were sent as Engineers and Hawaldars were sent as Police Officers, these officers ruled over us and we worshipped them because they were our masters as colonisers and because they were white skinners.
Dominating over Asians is normally an inborn ability of the Westerners and to practice this domination Kuwait is a nice place for many of the such Westerners. Such people believe in the principle “it is better to be a master in Hell than a slave in Heaven”. For this reason many of the Westerners especially unfit to survive in the West as full fledged citizens are coming to Kuwait not only for few extra crumbs but for ruling over others. Because of their all round weaknesses they are unable to survive and give leadership in their respective fields in their own countries. For such weak Westerners Kuwait is a nice place, to earn nice money undeservingly and to impose their "dadageri" on weak employees from Asia. Many of them are exploiting Kuwait to their maximum benefits because locals are having very high adoration for them. This adoration was increased after the liberation of Kuwait.
Westerners are dominating in Kuwait not because they are strong and capable of doing excellent jobs but because others around them are weak. I have seen in Kuwait some of the organizations manned at the top by the Asians are run better than those manned by the Westerners. Many of the Westerners coming to work in Kuwait they come to serve themselves only while most of the Asians especially those from the sub-continent come to serve themselves and to serve Kuwait as well. For this reason they put in long years of continuous service with high degree of dedication. Most of the Westerners come to Kuwait for a short period, make fast money within a limited period even by discarding the ethics of work by creating hindrances for others under and around them and then just disappear. I have not seen any Westerner holding top position applying Western methods for the benefits of the staff working under him. On the contrary I saw him exploiting the manpower below and around him by doing "chamchageri" with the big boss.
Asians are many times become victims of the brutality of the Western Managers who think only of themselves. To maximise their income they will go to any extent. Generally speaking I have seen in this world that some of the Managers to get them benefits are even ready to dole their wives to their top bosses. For this reason best of the Pimps in this world are come from the class of Managers. In Kuwait generally speaking a top manager to become a top and to survive there as top has to be a cheat, a crook, a pimp, a liar and a rascal. He need not necessarily be qualified in his trade but if he has dirty habbits to cheat his boss and others then many times it works wonders. Many of the Western Managers are ruthless and merciless. For their survival they would do any damage to the people under them. Normally if you work under a manager from Naziland then your life is in danger leave aside your job. Westerners having Nazis influence will never give you peace on your job. They will try to inflict as much damage on your position as he could. Naziz are racists like Jews for this reasons Nazi Germans are the staunch supporters of Israelis in the Middle East. Working under Nazi Managers many of our elders have suffered a lot. And if these Westerners are having "Pamprelam" as their personal secretaries then your life is finished.
Many of the Goan and Mangalorean "Pamprelam" Secretaries of their Western superiors have done heavy damages for the workers around them. Most of the female secretaries working under their bosses are very backward in many respects back at home. They can survive only in Kuwait and not in any other advanced countries. First of all they are not fit to be the secretaries of their bosses but in Kuwait anything "chalta hai" and for this reason these secretaries act cruel and destructive towards others. They act more than their bosses. When you see these "Pamprelam" in the Church it looks they are going straight to Heaven. Church is become a very good venue for such "Pamprelam" to hide their misdeeds. We are harassed and destroyed in Kuwait not only by the many of the Westerners but also by our own female secretaries who many times by doling their bodies to their Western bosses destroy innocent people working in their companies. For this reason some of such Pamprelam are living in Kuwait singly by rejecting and deserting their husbands who are obstacles for their dirty way of life. This is one way of making fast money to buy expensive Flats in Bombay.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
Yes, generally speaking, Westerners are worshipped in Kuwait even though they don’t really deserve it. It was construed due to historical facts that Westerners are smart because they dominated over Asians and Africans due to colonialisation process which kept the Asians and Africans subdued by the Westerners especially by the white skinners. Due to industrial revolution in the West, Westerners gained foothold over industrial development which gave the Westerners an upper hand in handling the industrial development which created maximum of output with minimum of inputs. When Westerners came to Asia and especially India for colonization process they came with something new, that is, a weapon called Gun which was earlier unseen in India. Hence, Asians and Indians in particular became subjugated to the Westerners which simply made the Asians enslaved to industrial might of the Westerners not only bodily but also mentally. This is one part of the history why Westerners are adored in Kuwait. Even when Afonso de Albuquerque came to Goa his weapons had more power to outsmart the locals in Goa.
Currently, according to my long years of observation in Kuwait, Westerners are simply adored and worshipped not only because of their work ethics and knowledge of the Western products which are abundantly sold in Kuwait but also because of their white skin. A white skin prostitute is more in demand than an Asian virgin because of the craze for white skin. Workwise Westernerns are compatible with Asians who can easily outbeat Westernerns in IT, Medical, Commercial, Administrative and some other fields. But unfortunately highly skilful Asians and Indians in particular are very much reluctant to come to this part of the world because monetary gains are not the craze for everyone. After all man does not live on money only. Even now-a-days our Goans are not ready to come to Kuwait as they used to come earlier. When I came to Kuwait it was not only necessity but also a craze but now it is totally different. Goa is not what it was earlier, Goa is much developed and good opportunities are plenty in Goa now, so too India as a whole creating more opportunities and demands for locals in their own localities.
Once about 25 years back when representatives of one of the Kuwait’s dailies approached one Editor of a leading daily from Bombay to join their newspaper in Kuwait, the Bombay Editor not only turned down the offer but turned it down scornfully saying Kuwait daily is too small for his stature. Most of the Westerners working in Kuwait are of mediocre caliber but because of their historical inheritance of high respect they are simply worshipped in Kuwait. Normally a high caliber professional Westerner will not come to Kuwait by discarding many of the previleges in his own country. Only a mediocre, or a rejected and suppressed in the West inspite of holding Western Passport will come to Kuwait. During the Portuguese rule in Goa, those Portuguese people who were sent to Goa were not of high calibre and not also of high quality. Masons were sent as Engineers and Hawaldars were sent as Police Officers, these officers ruled over us and we worshipped them because they were our masters as colonisers and because they were white skinners.
Dominating over Asians is normally an inborn ability of the Westerners and to practice this domination Kuwait is a nice place for many of the such Westerners. Such people believe in the principle “it is better to be a master in Hell than a slave in Heaven”. For this reason many of the Westerners especially unfit to survive in the West as full fledged citizens are coming to Kuwait not only for few extra crumbs but for ruling over others. Because of their all round weaknesses they are unable to survive and give leadership in their respective fields in their own countries. For such weak Westerners Kuwait is a nice place, to earn nice money undeservingly and to impose their "dadageri" on weak employees from Asia. Many of them are exploiting Kuwait to their maximum benefits because locals are having very high adoration for them. This adoration was increased after the liberation of Kuwait.
Westerners are dominating in Kuwait not because they are strong and capable of doing excellent jobs but because others around them are weak. I have seen in Kuwait some of the organizations manned at the top by the Asians are run better than those manned by the Westerners. Many of the Westerners coming to work in Kuwait they come to serve themselves only while most of the Asians especially those from the sub-continent come to serve themselves and to serve Kuwait as well. For this reason they put in long years of continuous service with high degree of dedication. Most of the Westerners come to Kuwait for a short period, make fast money within a limited period even by discarding the ethics of work by creating hindrances for others under and around them and then just disappear. I have not seen any Westerner holding top position applying Western methods for the benefits of the staff working under him. On the contrary I saw him exploiting the manpower below and around him by doing "chamchageri" with the big boss.
Asians are many times become victims of the brutality of the Western Managers who think only of themselves. To maximise their income they will go to any extent. Generally speaking I have seen in this world that some of the Managers to get them benefits are even ready to dole their wives to their top bosses. For this reason best of the Pimps in this world are come from the class of Managers. In Kuwait generally speaking a top manager to become a top and to survive there as top has to be a cheat, a crook, a pimp, a liar and a rascal. He need not necessarily be qualified in his trade but if he has dirty habbits to cheat his boss and others then many times it works wonders. Many of the Western Managers are ruthless and merciless. For their survival they would do any damage to the people under them. Normally if you work under a manager from Naziland then your life is in danger leave aside your job. Westerners having Nazis influence will never give you peace on your job. They will try to inflict as much damage on your position as he could. Naziz are racists like Jews for this reasons Nazi Germans are the staunch supporters of Israelis in the Middle East. Working under Nazi Managers many of our elders have suffered a lot. And if these Westerners are having "Pamprelam" as their personal secretaries then your life is finished.
Many of the Goan and Mangalorean "Pamprelam" Secretaries of their Western superiors have done heavy damages for the workers around them. Most of the female secretaries working under their bosses are very backward in many respects back at home. They can survive only in Kuwait and not in any other advanced countries. First of all they are not fit to be the secretaries of their bosses but in Kuwait anything "chalta hai" and for this reason these secretaries act cruel and destructive towards others. They act more than their bosses. When you see these "Pamprelam" in the Church it looks they are going straight to Heaven. Church is become a very good venue for such "Pamprelam" to hide their misdeeds. We are harassed and destroyed in Kuwait not only by the many of the Westerners but also by our own female secretaries who many times by doling their bodies to their Western bosses destroy innocent people working in their companies. For this reason some of such Pamprelam are living in Kuwait singly by rejecting and deserting their husbands who are obstacles for their dirty way of life. This is one way of making fast money to buy expensive Flats in Bombay.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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