LETTER TO MR. VERONICA ON KIFF & IFFK.

Dear Mr. Veronica,

You have hit the bull’s eye once again, but the ground reality is this that these are thick skinned people and nothing affects them. Sometime back there was an article in one Goan Website that the highly rated KIFF league is starting and KIFF instills discipline and unity. What does discipline and unity stands for. On 17th November 2010, Don Bosco Oratory organized an open 7 – A - Side football tournament and KIFF sent a circular to all its affiliates not to participate in this tournament and if done then all the participating players will be banned from playing in KIFF. Is this unity? Is this the way for KIFF to promote football? This decision was taken by only four people. The morons in KIFF have their referees meetings in Don Bosco complex, so why not ban the referees and those participating in it? Why use this religious institution for your selfish gains? Why ban players from playing the game? In the recently concluded UG tournament there were players from IFFK who played for some of the clubs affiliated to KIFF, then why these clubs were not banned from doing so? If KIFF thinks that they can eliminate IFFK from Kuwait then they are sadly mistaken as IFFK members have the capacity and the strength to eradicate these crooks. KIFF has become an institution of anti-football persons who only see their own benefit. It is now run by ineffective elders who have lost their marbles and sanity. These elders represent some clubs which do not win any silverware in the tournaments, but the representatives are given cheap mementos at the finals to fill their cabinets at home. The late legend of Indian expatriates soccer Mr. J.P. D’Mello must be turning in his grave seeing all the ills being plagued with KIFF. Long Live his Soul.

Mr. Veronica so far in IFFK we have tolerated. Members of KIFF tried to stop the Salmiya Baladiya ground for us, but were kicked out by the ground authorities. What a shame for the four people who went with their Pajeros when driven away from the ground. KIFF were kicked out from Bayan grounds when UFC shamed the grounds by littering the pitch and what did KIFF do? They blamed IFFK members. They then shifted base to Shuwaikh grounds, by colluding with the person who was banned from KIFF for indiscipline. Once the ban was removed again KIFF was driven out by the ground authorities and the person responsible was the same person who shouts on the ground like a Mad …... What did KIFF do? Once again they blamed IFFK members. It was according to information this very Mad …. who was responsible for stopping the Shuwaikh grounds as he was clearly heard in Salmiya stating that he would take his revenge on KIFF for the ban. This person still owes IFFK the money that was paid to him for getting the grounds ready last year. This is the same person who was kicked by three clubs during the last four years for indiscipline and has now joined KGA and as they say ‘’ Birds of the same feathers flock together ‘’.

Now it is rumored that KIFF is going to allow players to take part in IFFK tournaments only if these players dole out their wives and girlfriends to the KIFF committee members. This is the level that they stooped now. IFFK can trample these worms in KIFF, but its genuine parentage does not allow it to do so. I wonder whether these illiterates in KIFF have a full knowledge as to who have fathered them. The President of UFC in his tiatros educates the audience about discipline and unity, but backstage is full of deceit and shame. The Sports secretary of KIFF who is better known for his illegal betting on the ground is another member of this shameful gang who has destroyed the game. He has taken KIFF for a ride only for his selfish motives so that his catering stall survives.

What is more annoying is that Goans have starting pimping in KIFF. They also have become hijras. Some of them are presidents of clubs which consists of goons and thugs. These so called presidents are non entities in Goa and they will pay heavily for this mess once they visit the homeland. Mr. Veronica we do not want to take on these KIFF hijras as we are educated and disciplined, unlike these illiterate KIFF worms that have come to Kuwait to survive.

Once again Mr. Veronica we are indebted to you for taking up our cause and please send this post to as many distinguished people who you know so that everyone of Goan origin knows about our Goan enuchs in Kuwait.

Member of IFFK.
(Name Witheld On Request)

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.