Hi Cecil!
This is Master Piece. Keep up the good works. With all the best wishes and every support for the need of the hour and noble cause Wilson Coelho To: goan-nri@yahoogroups.co.in; savegoa-...@yahoogroups.com; cecilpi...@gmail.com; miguelbraga...@yahoo.co.in From: andrew_ma...@hotmail.com Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:54:31 +0000 Subject: RE: [GOAN-NRI] Here’s the Answer - to the Ordinary Dance at Cidade de Goa BRILLIANT CECIL! BEST WISHES TO YOU, FAMILY, FRIENDS, RIGHT-THINKING GOANS TO MARCH 'TOGETHER' TOMORROW .... Rgds Mario Andrew Rodrigues > To: savegoa-...@yahoogroups.com > From: miguelbraga...@yahoo.co.in > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:26:57 +0530 > Subject: [GOAN-NRI] Here’s the Answer - to the Ordinary Dance at Cidade de Goa > > Here’s the Answer - by Jim Reeves > When two worlds collide, over an Ordinance > > By Cecil Pinto > > The seething saga that led to what is popularly known as the Cidade de > Goa Ordinance has thrown up a lot of names. Auduth & Anju Timblo, > Gustavo Renato Pinto, Claude and Norma Alvares, Rozendo Mendonca, Ivo > Cardozo, Charles Correa, Babush Monserrate, Victor Albuquerque, Cove > Machado, Emiliano da Cruz, Digambar Kamat, Minguel Martins and of > course eventually Aires Rodrigues will pile on. One name that has been > ignored is Jim Reeves, whose Christmas Carol album is mandatory in > every Christian home in India. Gentleman Jim as he was called, because > of his warm velvety voice, died in a plane crash in 1964 – the very > exact same year that the central Land Acquisition Act of 1894 was made > applicable to Goa. Coincidence you say? Read on as our special > correspondent Skeeter Davis answers a few Frequently Asked Questions > regarding the Ordinance. > > Q: I hear the ITC WelcomGroup chain of hotels was involved in the controversy? > > A: Nothing of that sort. A popular song by Jim Reeves was, > “Welcome to my world, Won't you come on in, Miracles I guess, Still > happen now and then. Knock and the door will open. Seek and you will > find. Ask and you will be given. The key to this world of mine”. The > Timblos took this as their theme song and many politicians and > bureaucrats have since knocked on their doors, and in reciprocal > opened many doors for them. > > Q: Is that why some prominent people opposed to the ordinance still > refer to Audhut and Anju Timblo as their ‘good friends’, and as > ‘decent’ people? > > A: How people who are committing huge atrocities on Goan land and its > people, through destructive mining and illegal hotel operations, can > be termed as ‘decent’ is beyond me. The Timblos have played host to > everyone who matters in Goa at one time or another. There’s no such > thing as a free lunch. Now its payback time and that’s why you see so > much groveling. As Jim Reeves sang, “From a Jack to a King, With no > regrets I stacked the cards last night. And lady luck played her hand > just right, And made me king of your heart.” > > Q. What about the Opposition? How come they’re not raising hell? > > A: How can they? You must understand that till two years back they > were in power. As Jim Reeves sang, “I can't stop loving you, I've made > up my mind, To live in memories, Of old lonesome times. I can't stop > wanting you, It's useless to say. So I'll just live my life, In dreams > of yesterday. Those happy hours, That we once new, Though long ago, > Still make me blue. They say that time, Heals a broken heart. But time > has stood still, Since we've been apart” > > Q: Is it true that many of the hotel’s employees will loose their jobs > if the illegal section is demolished? > > A: First understand who are the crocodiles and why the tears. One > gardening contractor (turned writer overnight) will lose one of his > many landscaping contracts around Goa. One musician (turned writer > overnight) will lose one of his many entertainment contracts. It’s not > about livelihoods, but about greed. A few employees might be > retrenched as happens all over Goa in much bigger numbers. The hotel > owners arm-twisted all these people to get sympathy from the public. > They failed miserably but the Government got the excuse they needed to > pass the Ordinance. The Timblos used these words by Jim Reeves to > convince the gullible employees, students and contractors, “No matter > what the world may say about me. I know your love will always see me > through. I love you for the way you never doubt me, But most of all I > love you 'cause you're you.” > > Q: Can’t these Cidade and Timblo lovers stop being so pathetically > subservient and self-serving? > > A: They should sing, as Jim Reeves did, “Please release me let me go, > for I don't love you anymore. To waste our lives would be a sin, > Release me and let me love again” > > Q: Now that the Timblos have broken so many laws are you saying only > the general public, who have not been feted and pampered at Cidade de > Goa, will stand up in protest? > > A: All right-thinking citizens, whoever their employer whatever their > livelihood, should protest against this coterie of greedy businessmen > and politicians. “Your world was so different, From mine don't you > see. We just couldn't be close, Though we tried. We both reached for > heavens, But ours weren't the same. That's what happens, When two > worlds collide.” What we, the Goan public, want is different from what > they want. The key word is ‘clean’. We want a clean environment and a > clean government. What they want is money, and more money. Period. If > the Goan public does not protest at this daylight thievery then the > experiment will have been successful and the floodgates will be open > for all sorts of ordinances to legitimize criminal acts. > > Q: What is the Governor’s role in all this skullduggery? Should Goans > demand that the Governor be dismissed? > > A: The Governor acted unethically so let me quote Jim Reeves, “Put > your sweet lips a little closer to the phone, Let's pretend that we're > together all alone. I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down > low. And you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go.” > > Q: What are Auduth Timblo’s clear instructions to his high profile PRO > Sujay Gupta? > > A: To quote Jim Reeves “Make the world go away, And get it off my > shoulder. Say the things you used to say, And make the world go away.” > > Q: Is it true that all this would have not come to the fore if Cidade > de Goa had kept the pathway to the beach open to the public? Did they > actually block the road? > > A: As Jim Reeves sang “Adios amigo. Adios my friend. The road we have > traveled must come to an end”. They may try to block out pathways and > our roads, but we shall overcome. A rally to protest the dastardly > Ordinance, where everyone wears black to mark the demise of the > sanctity of law, is being organised on Monday 23rd March at 4 pm in > Panjim. I will attend the rally with my family and my friends. Let’s > force the powers-that-be to hear the Distant Drums. > > --------- > The column above appeared in Gomantak Times dated 19th March 2009 > ===== > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cecil Pinto <cecilpi...@gmail.com> > Date: Mar 20, 2009 10:24 AM > Subject: [aldona-net] Here’s the Answer - by Jim Reeves > What's your IQ score? Want to know how smart you really are? 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