KIFF DESTROYER OF FOOTBALL IN KUWAIT.

On 5th of this month during the final of 35th edition of UG Cup.

The Late J. P. DMello.

In Kuwait among expatriates, soccer organized by Indians is a very popular sport, among the expatriates. On 5th of this month, United Goans popularly known as UG completed the 35th edition of their Cup. I congratulate them for surviving for the last 35 years in the service of football. It is not an easy task to survive for such a long period. Many of the Clubs and teams born along with UG has just gone into extinction while UG still going strong, thanks to one of their founders and initiators Tony Gonsalves who along with his dedicated colleagues giving the best to keep going UG Cup every year regularly. Among all the tournaments UG Cup is the most popular. It has its own history.

The late J.P. D’Mello during his short period in Kuwait was very popular amongst Indians in general and among Goans in particular. Settled in Bombay but born in Goa, Porvorim, JP as he was popularly known in football circle, had great love for Goa and Goans. Many times he joined us as one of the guests or invitees for any of the Goan activities. For Konkani cause he always supported me with his presence and also with his financial contribution. Being a pristine Goan, he loved Goa, he loved Goans. Formation of Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF) was his idea and also pressure on me and on others to move forward in the formation of KIFF.

During his conversation with me, he many times indicated his desire for the unity among Goans and other Indians. He hated disUnity but loved Unity. Once he told me “to form unity is easy but to maintain Unity is very difficult”. If he was alive now, he would never associate with broken KIFF to organize KIFF League in his name. He would never allow the Hitlers and Saddam Husseins in the KIFF to use his fair name to organize KIFF League minus so many teams. Keeping so many teams out of KIFF circle and organsing KIFF League is an insult to the original principle of KIFF and J.P’s principle of Unity. Day by day, KIFF is becoming arrogant and acting like Hitler as if they are the owners of Indian soccer activities in Kuwait. Good that they are running KIFF only and Not FIFA or Goa Football Association. All those who are involved in running KIFF are pigmies. If they were good, they would have avoided split in KIFF by doing all the sacrifices to accommodate the viewpoint of the opponents. Knowing JP so well I am sure JP would refuse to tag his name to KIFF League now that is going on.

According to the latest circular issued by KIFF on 15th of this month, “NO TEAM REGISTERED WITH KIFF SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE TOURNAMENTS ORGANISED BY THE INDIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION (IFF). By issuing such Hitlerian circulars, KIFF is showing its dadageri thereby killing soccer among Indians and Goans in particular. Football in Kuwait is not the monopoly of KIFF. IFF must now take up this matter with appropriate soccer authorities in Kuwait. If possible IFF must meet with the owners of the ground where KIFF tournaments are held and bring to their notice the damage KIFF is doing for the promotion of occer. Also if possible, IFF must bring this arrogance of KIFF to the notice of local soccer authority. Additionally IFF must bring this Hitlerian circular to the notice of Indian Ambassador. It is a time now for IFF to create a public opinion against KIFF dadageri. As it is Goans are disgusted with the KIFF arrogance.

For me KIFF is a big joke. In 1990 when I was in Goa following the invasion of Kuwait, along with others I was busy with organising our movement in support of the liberation of Kuwait under “GOA-KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER”. Somebody approached me and asked me whether I contacted KIFF members from Goa for their OK in forming G-KSC. I said immediately “To hell with KIFF and its anti Goan members. Who are they and what is their capacity to associate with us in Goa? They are all one eyed persons among blinds. Besides football do they know anything? Best of Goan rot is in KIFF. Kuwait is the best place for such stupid people to create a small dent in society otherwise they are nothing”. Some of them got girls to marry only because they are in Kuwait. Many of the wives of such Goans are repenting for marrying their donkey husband. Among Goans I initiated with the backing of my colleagues and friends so many movements but never with the close association of KIFF members. One cannot create any movement with the close association of KIFF members. Currently KIFF is like a damaged organization and very shortly it will collapse like a pack of cards.

Recently I was in Goa. Reading from Goa-KRANTI, many people in Goa were annoyed at the negative attitude shown by KIFF for the reunion. Some people even suggested to stone the houses of KIFF members and supporters at Nagoa but I refused to lend my support for such activities but preferred to go with black flags to their residential places and if possible to gherao them at the Airport at Dabolim. Because of KIFF dadageri the unity of Goans is affected. This is not good for Goan unity especially now when unity of Goans is imperative because we are facing opposition from non-Goans. I am sure every Goan is aware of the Goans in KIFF who are promoting disunity among Goans in Kuwait. KIFF Goans are impotent to create any Goan movement in Kuwait. They have not done anything great among Goans in the past and in future too they will do nothing. They are like Worms feasting on the dead bodies in the grave. Very shortly many of them will be in Goa and at that time they should be put into the shame. None of the KIFF Goan member should be left scot free for destroying Goan unity.

Because of Kuwait football, in the past, Goans doing dadageri in Kuwait were assaulted and one of them in my presence at the Panjim-Betim Ferryboat. If it was not for me, one of them would have been thrown into the Sea. My advice to Goan member of the KIFF, do not cross the boundary. You all are nothing in Goa. It is not my wish to see fights taking place in Goa because of the KIFF dadageri but past events should give us some lesson. KIFF cannot rule supreme in our soccer activities in Kuwait. The parallel organization IFF is also going strong and they also conduct their activities with the participation of about 9 teams. The split in KIFF was the result of the childish attitude of those running the KIFF affairs. KIFF is unfit to run their affairs smoothly and unitedly. Because they are unfit, KIFF got splitted and those who are supporting the splitted KIFF are the enemies of Goan unity.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.

THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU, MR. PRIME MNISTER.

With one scam after another tumbling out of the closet, the head of state; titular or not,
must accept responsibility for the happenings under his watch, says Vivek Gumaste.
With one scam after another tumbling out of the closet, the Congress-led United Progressive
Alliance government is scrambling for cover with no place to hide. No amount of obfuscation,
no amount of stalling and no amount of diversionary tactics is going to absolve them of these
crimes or deflect the taint that sticks to them like wet mud.

Instead of coming clean and owning up its responsibility, the Congress party seems hell bent on
pursuing a dishonourable course using every trick in its armory to hoodwink the public at large
and throw them off track.

Corruption is a cancer that eats into the soul and body of a nation, denies legitimate citizens their
rights, deprives people of the amenities they deserve and illegally empties the coffers of the
nation with large amounts of monies being siphoned of by an unscrupulous few. The net effect is
a change in value system that now places a premium on money power rather than honesty, hard
work and merit.

It is the duty of the government in power to keep such thievery at bay and the present UPA
seems to have done an exceptionally bad job at stemming this rot. The finger of accusation must
perforce point to the head of state; titular or not he must accept responsibility for the happenings under his watch.

Leadership is not merely an exposition of ones superlative abilities or chaste character;
something to be flashed like a showcase diamond. Intrinsic to leadership is an ability to enforce
and demand the high standards that one adheres to. By this criterion, Prime Minister Manmohan.

Singh falls way short of the mark; his pristine innocence is sinking imperceptibly into the
quagmire of sleaze and bribery that engulfs him, nullifying in the process any residual altruistic
advantage his personal honor may have conferred.

The prime minister has shown singularly poor judgment in his oversight of A Raja, the telecom
minister hailing from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; his silence and inertia making him an
accomplice to the transgression. In a graft of unparalleled proportion, Raja, in 2008, issued 2G
spectrum to service providers on a first come first serve basis at rates that corresponded to 2001 levels causing a shortfall to the exchequer to the tune of 90,000 crores; the date of filing was also arbitrarily and abruptly changed to favour a few.

Evidence of wrongdoing has being pointed out by two watchdog institutions. In November 2009,
the high court decreed that the Department of Telecom decision to advance the cut-off date was
illegal. The Comptroller and Auditor General report directly indicted the ministry for blatant
favoritism: "The policy was not transparent and the DoT had tipped off the firms in advance, as a result of which they had been able to arrange demand drafts worth Rs 1,650 crore in just 45
minutes to obtain pan-India licences."

Yet the central government brazenly chose to support Raja. Flouting all norms of decency and in
direct negation of public interest, the government embarked on a concerted rescue mission filing
an affidavit in the Supreme Court that claimed Raja's actions had the sanction of the prime
minister and even questioned the propriety of the Supreme Court's intervention in this matter.
Fortunately for the prime minister, Raja resigned on Sunday, saving the government from further embarrassment.

Machinations necessary to maintain a coalition are acceptable but only to a degree. Basic
principles like truth and public benefit cannot be sacrificed at the altar of coalition dharma and
that is precisely what the UPA government did for almost two years.

Coming to the CWG fiasco, it stands out as a prime example of national interest being relegated
to second place by an unholy cabal of unprincipled politicians and crooked vendors. That these
misdeeds sent India's ranking on the corruption scale plummeting to a dishonorable 87 didn't
really matter to these worthies or their masters. Neither was it their concern if their shenanigan resulted in a negative impact on future foreign investments in India. The point however is that
without the incompetence and possible connivance of the Congress party, this grand design of
overt embezzlement could not have been carried out to fruitation.

However, it is the Adarsh building scam that must take the cake for depravity. The rights of
unfortunate and helpless war widows of the Kargil conflict were usurped by the high and mighty
to feather their nests making a mockery of emotions like empathy and ideals such as patriotism.
Again this act of deceit was supervised by a host of important Congress functionaries leaving the
party little scope for denial.

Nevertheless the Congress party shamelessly made a play for exoneration by naming others like
the BJP chief Nitin Gadkari as co-beneficiaries of the scam. By implicating its adversaries the
Congress party cannot diminish its culpability. Moreover, the Indian public is not interested in
the party affiliations of the corrupt or their vital statistics. They are interested in bringing the
guilty to book regardless of whether they belong to the Congress, the BJP, or any other party and the responsibility for this lies fair and square with the Congress as the party in power.

Cosmetic touches like the dismissal of inconsequential players or efforts to disseminate the
blame will not pass muster. Assertive action that goes to the depth of these despicable deeds
followed by appropriate remedial measures to prevent an encore is the need of the hour. For that the prime minister must take the lead. He has no option: The buck stops with you, Mr
Prime Minister.

Vivek Gumaste.

CHURCH ALCOHOL SLUMLORDS BUILDERS POLITICIANS.

They misuse church funds……….they flirt with certain gullible & lonely women from the parish……..they indulge in paedophile activity……..they allow women who have worn vulgar and short clothes entry into church premises…......they allow the anti-christ Hollywood & bollywood shooting locations inside church premises….…they illegally sell vacant church properties and siphon off the money…….they behave like dictators……they refuse admission to children of poor catholics in parish schools……they travel in aeroplanes even when there are inter city/state bus and trains available…….they talk of charity and serving the poor during sunday sermons but don’t practice what they preach…..they are pimps of politicians…….they believe that the Church is their father’s property…..…..these Rogue Elements who have infiltrated the Roman Catholic Church are destroying Catholicism from the Inside unlike the Protestant Britishers, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, RSS, VHP, BajrangDal & Shiv Sena who are destroying Catholicism from the Outside……

NO NOT ALL OUR PRIESTS ARE ROGUE ELEMENTS But then, as the saying goes, one bad apple in the basket full of good apples can ruin that basket. In his new book, George Bush reveals his story of abrogating alcohol from being a hardcore drinker. "Alcohol becomes central to your life. And I finally woke up and realized that I did not want to live a life where alcohol was central. And I'm convinced, I really am convinced, had I not quit drinking, I wouldn't be sitting here as a former President." he added. In order to maintain his rigid discipline, George imposed an inflexible order on his life. Like any addict in recovery, he needed a regular schedule, rising early and retiring early. He prayed daily from his Bible, which was divided into 365 readings, each from the New Testament, the Old Testament, Psalms and Proverbs. Edgy and impatient, he exercised at least one hour, sometimes two hours, a day. With martinet punctuality, he started and ended meetings exactly on time. The routine became the core of his developing political career, first as governor of Texas and then as president. Christians in India are not only being looted of their lands in Broad-Day-Light but are also being denied Govt. Job rights, Civic rights, Human rights. But no problem.

The command to endure suffering is just another part of a Christian's life. Faithful Christians of all ages have suffered; we are not the only ones. We should expect more sufferings to come because we are living in a country which is hostile to Christians & Christianity. The Marathas who dominate the Politics & Administration of Maharashtra are not the natives of Konkan. This explains why the Marathas were/are not interested in protecting the open spaces, gardens, playgrounds, mangroves, saltpan lands, forests, wetlands, ponds, wells, lakes, agricultural lands, quarries or pits, creeks, water sources in the konkan region from being encroached by the Slumlords, Builders, Bureaucrats, SEZ operators, Mining operators, IAS/IPS officers, Municipal Ward Officers, Collectors & Corrupt/Greedy Politicians. There has to be debate in India as to why the Christian Missionaries are aggressively trying to convert only the Dalits & Tribals to Christianity. There has to be a debate on the sources of funds of Christian missionaries. There has to be a debate whether the Indian Government should put a BAN on entry of Christian missionaries & Right wing Hindu groups in Dalit & Tribal areas. There has to be a debate as to why Politicians in India are not interested in passing stringent anti-corruption laws.

China has passed severe anti-corruption laws including death penalty. There has to be a debate whether the Brahmins & Upper Caste Hindus are Indians or Indo-Aryans from Persia. There has to be a debate as to why all the leaders of rss, vhp, bajrangdal & bjp are from the Uppercastes & Brahmin stock. There has to be a debate why the secular Congress Party has banned some Muslim fundemantalist groups but the same secular congress party has not banned Hindu fundamentalist groups. There are some Christians in India who inspite of having Christian names have given their children Hindu names. There has to be a debate to find out the reasons behind this. The credit for India’s Freedom should go to the Germans & Japanese who severely injured the military spine of the British Empire during the Second World War. With an injured military spine the British Empire was not in a position to control the freedom struggle in India and fled in a hurry in 1947.

INDIA’s TRAGEDY :

1. Over-Population and Female foeticide/infanticide.
2. Water shortage in most parts of the country
3. The low standard of education in government schools
4. High cost of real estate in urban India
5. A 'slow ' and 'overburdened' legal system
6. Bad Roads
7. Communalism and divisive politics.
8. Allurement based conversion activities of Christian Missionaries and Forcible Re-conversion activities by Right Wing Hindu groups.
9. Low wages/rewards.
10. Unemployability of youth
11. Lack of jobs which pay decent wages.
12. High cost / unavailability of electricity
13. Farmer suicides & Debt.
14. Inability to produce Olympic calibre sportsmen
15. Border disputes with China and Pakistan
16. Terrorists (internal)
17. Terrorists (external)
18. A poorly equipped police force
19. CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
20. Poor pay for nurses
21. Lack of healthcare in rural India
22. Noise pollution in cities
23. Environmental pollution
24. Open sewage drains
25. Open garbage bins
26. Slumlords and Slumdwellers.
27. Reservation System which has only benefited the creamy layer among the SC/ST/OBC.
28. BIMARU & Over-Populated States of UttarPradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan & MadhyaPradesh - these 4 states are giant holes where a significant proportion of productive wealth generated by India disappears.
29. APATHY IN PUBLIC SERVICE BODIES, like the passport office, ration shop, government hospitals, RTOS, Electricity Office, Water Supply Board, city development authorities.
30. Domestic Violence, Child labour, Single woman, safety of ladies, economic issues of elderly people, corruption in municipal corporation department of bombay, delhi,etc , No cleaning of roads daily, No regularity in removing waste from houses.
31. Few hot chicks (one of my friends claims its because of arranged marriages which produces not so hot offspring....but i donnow)..
32. Overweight/ badly dressed men.

Solution :

Vote. For a better india. Pray. For good leaders. Love. Yourself and your neighbour. PLANET EARTH does not have unlimited resources to satisfy the wants and needs of every individual and hence population control is justified. Christians around the world stop with the second child but what about the Muslims & Hindus.

Gabriel D’souza.