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TidBits.006 ( SNAKE IN THE GRASS) Without malice or disrespect to anyone, specially the Sindhi community at large, it is said that if confronted with a "Double S" which stands for a Sindhi and a Snake, one should go for the Sindhi first, for he could be far more dangerous than the good old familiar Snake. However, nationally, this rule of the thumb may hold good, specially for residents of New Delhi in particular, in Goa, Goans should adopt and adapt to the Sindhis but go for the Snake in the grass with everything they have got, especially the one that hides in the green grass of Goa and bites Konkani loving Goans at every opportunity he gets. And for that matter, there are many other smaller snakes in the grass who derive their boldness and the courage to show off at the expense of the big brother who not only changes his colours but his tongue too when it suits him. To the endless exhortations to Konkaniwadi Goans that Rajan Narayan has made to do something about the snuff to Konkani maim by these traitors at Karad, I preferred to give these Marathi Snakes one more chance to hang themselves at this Konkan Marathi Samelan at GOA. It was indeed, as predicted by Rajan Narayan, not a literary meet at all. It was a deep rooted conspiracy to consolidate the position of the snakes in the grass against Konkani maim. And I was right. We have more than a prize in Manohar Parrikar for the noose. A spectacular chameleon who can change his colours more swiftly and efficiently than any other chameleon on earth. He wants a few more years to settle the Language issue , Is it? More likely, he needs a few more years to get re-elected. And that would be easy with Konkaniwadis as well as Marathiwadis looking up to him as their saviour. It does'nt take IIT bright. It takes an opportunist to cling to the chair as much as possible by keeping both sides in suspended animation. But the Konkaniwadis must realize that they will ultimately lose outright. And waiting in hope that Manohar Parrikar will do something about it would be a total waste of time. The Snakes in the grass have a code of honour amongst themselves. If it was not so, then the king of the Kala Academy would be the king no more. Then again, the white maned ex-Lion and the mergerist with his tail between his legs would be cooling his heels in the can for fleecing the bank that he ran., and , so on and so forth. And the Snakes in the grass are ridiculing Konkani and Konkaniwadis by calling Konkani, the small sister of Marathi at one time and the small brother, the other time. This sex change is comparable to the change in their fidelity towards Konkani. And after the belittling that Konkani got from Karad, the belittling they gave Konkani at its own home ground yesterday , the 31st. January, 2003 should prompt Konkani Goans to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. They should remember Floriano Vaz and others and should not allow their sacrifices to go in vain. And the biggest insult Manohar Parrikar has given to Goa's Official Language is by giving away Rs. 10 lacs from the Goan tax-payers to the Konkan Marathi Samelam, when even the payment of the bills for the government advertisements in the newspapers are held back for lack of funds. And we would like to know from these snakes in the grass to name the state in the Union of India which has dual official language, that they demand the same for Goa. Goa is a full fledged state with a full fledged Official language which is "Konkani" Period. The government of the day must immediately move to delete the line in the Official Language Act which gives official recognition to Marathi along with the state language Konkani, for its use in government correspondence. If the government of the day cannot, and will not deliver the goods, then it must be brought down, for it is anti GOA and anti Goan. The next government that will take its place, should come into office on the guarantee that the official recognition to Marathi will be deleted from the Official Language Act to make Konkani the sole Official State Language. If it also pussy-foots with this requirement, then it too should be brought down until there comes a government which will fulfill the demands of the Goan people. Goans should forge ahead in progress and development rather than get dragged in this Language tussle for ever. They must remember that Konkani was suppressed for 450 years by the Portuguese with the active connivance of the snakes in the grass Marathiwadis. It is up to Goans to liberate Konkani once and for all or succumb to the challenges from the snakes in the grass. Goans have fought the snakes in the grass before , and, Goans can do it again, to shake free the roots of the mergerists and the traitors from the sacred soil of Goa. And we do not need blood spilling agitations to achieve this goal. Come next election, let us extract a crystal clear undertaking from the candidates who will contest the elections on the tickets of various parties. Let us ask them the question : "WILL YOU SUPPORT THE CHANGE IN THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE ACT TO REMOVE THE RECOGNITION OF MARATHI TO MAKE KONKANI THE SOLE STATE LANGUAGE OF THE STATE OF GOA AND HELP IMPLEMENT THE SAME?" And there should be no "GOEMKARAMCHEAM DOLLEANK KHOLE BANDOP" any more. Like Rajan Narayan has been saying "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" Down with the Snakes in the green green grass of GOA. Down with Manohar Parrikar, for, he has failed in the eyes of every staunch Konkani Goan the day he financed the Konkan Marathi Samelan to insult Goan tax-payers and openly ridiculed Konkani and Konkani loving Goans in front of the snakes in the grass even while enjoying the unparalleled hospitality of GOA and GOANS. ViVa KONKANI! ViVa Amchem Bhangarachem GOEM! . ViVa GOA DOURADA And on this occasion, let us, each and every Goan who loves our mother tongue KONKANI chip in to the "NEW" VU-DHON GUE-LEM PA-RU-VEAM-CHEM BI- REM VOIR-U-PAVON EKVOTA-NU RAU-LEM... BESSAUM AMCHER PODHOM-RE SORGUIMCHEA DE - E - VA BA-PA-CHEM Cheers Floriano
