DR. WILLY WAS FINALLY INTERRED.

In his masterpiece composition on the death of the local feudal type of Regidor, the legendary Goan Tiatrist the late Minguel Rod sang thus:              

 "Silkachim tujim suttam ani bhangarache butao toxench sounsari rajkaranna,

  Khuim assat re Bhattkara  tim soglim tujim polkim vhoddpona,

  Hem soglem atam aum ghanvcho Pedho khonnan ghaltam”.

 

Finally on 6^th of this month the Saligao “Pedho” buried the body of the once mighty and silky doctor with all his worldly silky achievements into the grave. Above all, the ghanvcho Pedho also interred Dr. Willy’s pride and arrogance which denied him so many political rewards. The late Dr. Willy shot into fame as a good surgeon at Azilo Hospital followed by Remansos at Mapusa in late sixties but lost the confidence of many patients when he handled cases falling beyond his specialization, like Cancer.  Otherwise he was a very efficient doctor.

He was inducted into Goan politics by Dr. Jack Sequeira thru his friend and business partner Dr. George Renato Fernandes the son-in-law of Dr. Sequeira in early seventies when they both jointly started their Clinic in Panjim opposite Ferry Point.  He joined the Goan politics as a Slave but soon became a master, many times by using foxy tactics of Saligao. His love for Goa was undoubtedly immense but when he had strong rapport  with Congress High command when Congress was ruling at the Centre, he could have got Special Status for Goa and recognition for Romi Konkani as well.  Being close to him from 1970, I found him less of a visionary.  He was more of a politician  than a statesman having no foresight for thinking of future.  For immediate political gains he would do anything.

His greatest faults were turning of Congress U into Congress I without consulting the voters and hurriedly formation of Goa Congress thereby splitting the same family into two pieces.  His downfall at the later stage by jumping from one party to the other  was due to his inborn craze for supremacy and bossism over everything purely in tune with his feudal type of family background. This was one major characteristic of this class of people especially of Christians during the Portuguese rule in Goa.  With this type of pride and arrogance they bossed over the common people.  For this reason, common Goans and masses especially among the Hindus rejected any leader as of masses from the Christian community.  

 

He did lot of good for Goa but still he could have done more.  Somebody said he was the man of the masses but I refuse this statement because Goa is yet to produce a leader from the Christian community who is the man of the masses.  If Christians followed him it was only because they did not find a suitable leader, hence something is better than nothing. He was no doubt a good administrator yet at the later stage he was emitting an odor of corruption.

May his soul rest in peace.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

 

 

THE LATE DR. WILFRED D'SOUZA.

First of all, May the soul of Dr. Willy rest in peace.

“Never to talk ill of a dead person”, says one Roman saying.  However, if there is something bad of Dr. Willy and if I say so here, will I commit a sin?  After all one has to be truthful.  But there is lot of good also to say about him which I will say.

Dr. Wilfred and I started our honeymoon somewhere in 1970 when I was in College and side by side I was playing football for the then mighty Sesa Goa.  He was then appointed by Sesa Goa to treat its footballers of  any injury.  While he was treating me for my leg injury, he took interest in me especially when he came to know that I am from his constituency and I being a popular figure in our locality he wanted to make use of my popularity for his electoral gains. But the moment he failed to cure me and hence I approached other doctor, he became furious as if I was duty bound by contractual obligation to get a  treatment from him only. At that time he was at Remanso Mapusa.

Earlier he was attached to Azilo Hospital Mapusa where he earned a good name as a surgeon but blackened his image by treating patients of any sickness.  At Remanso he was taking cases even of Cancer patients when he was not specialized in Cancer just like Dr. Egypsy at Margao leading to the deaths of the patients.  In this way he made a mockery of his profession. Though he was a good doctor yet his hot temperament used to earn him a bad name.  His other weakness was his leaning towards casteism though he himself was a victim of apartheid in the foreign land.  He used to criticize smallness of small people on their faces, especially of poor patients who having no choice had to shut their mouths.

When he was inducted into politics by Dr. Jack Sequeira thru Dr. George Renato Fernandes – the son-in-law of Dr. Sequeira, he encountered lot of boulders from common folks because of his earlier pride and arrogance.  His political rise was not easy because of his past feudality and pride but somehow or the other he gained  a foothold among the masses who had no other better leader to rely. In the beginning he proved to be a an upright politician but gradually he started losing his earlier shine.

                                                                                                      

His philosophy was to boss over everyone and whatever he says must be right.  With this view in mind, without consulting the voters he converted Congress U into Congre I.  Politically he was a fickle minded politician having no firm principle for this reason he changed so many parties only for the greed of power to maintain his feudality and aristocracy.  His greatest mistake as a politician was to form Goa Congress and lose the grip of political power in Goa.  He was under the impression that he is meant to rule over others, selfishness was his priority though he was less corrupt than many of his colleagues. As a human being coming from good family background he had good character, discipline and morality while the same characteristics are lacking in most of the current politicians who are coming from rotten family background.

His love for Goa, its language, culture and folklore was immense.  He was instrumental in revival of Mando culture in Goa in mid-sixties.  He was very much responsible for preventing more deaths during the Konkani agitation in Goa.  As per the enemies of Konkani, they had planned to commit genocide on Konkani supporter but Dr. Willy used his political clout with the then Goa governor to control the situation from getting aggravated.

A.     Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.

                                                                                                

4TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF THERESA FERNANDES.

 

 

 

There will be a Thanks giving Mass on 7th of this month at St. Alex Church Calangute, after the Novena at 5.00 pm.