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Today, October 31, 2006, we commemorate the 22nd death anniversary of Mrs.
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984). She was one of the most efficient Prime
Ministers of India and is credited with great achievements. Noteworthy
among them are nationalization of banks, liberation of Bangladesh and 20
point program for the upliftment of the poor. She was honored with 'Bharat
Ratna' in 1971. Mrs. Gandhi met her tragic end on October 31, 1984 when she
was brutally assassinated by her own body guards.
At the January 1971 Singapore Meetings of Commonwealth Prime Ministers were
renamed Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM), as many member
countries were then headed by executive Presidents.
The architect of the Goa 1983 CHOGM Retreat was none other than the late
Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister.
Today, the main roads in Goa are in excellent condition, especially after
the recent hot-mix treatment but these very roads were in a pathetic
condition around 23 years ago except for the road from Porvorim to Sinquerim
via Sangolda, Saligao, Calangute and Candolim, which received hot-mix
treatment in preparation of the 1983 CHOGM Retreat in Goa, which was held at
the 5-star deluxe resort the Taj Holiday Village at the Aguada Hermitage;
hence, the road came to be known as the CHOGM Road.
Besides, the Land Acquisition and widening/hot-mixing of an entire road from
Dabolim via Cortalim, Panjim connecting it to the above-cited CHOGM road,
there were a few other things that were carried out in connection with
CHOGM. The following come to my mind:
A new airport terminal was carved out, which, though small in size, became
the envy of other airports. Ever since the CHOGM retreat in Goa in 1983,
tourism has grown rapidly. Thanks to the late Mrs. Gandhi for introducing
Goa to the outside world through the Retreat. If today we brag about
charter flights landing and taking off at the Dabolim airport, it is due to
her initiative.
The Archaeological Museum at Velha Goa was extended and the entire museum
reorganized in connection with the CHOGM.
Large-scale structural repairs were carried out to Basilica of Bom Jesus,
Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Cathedral of the Holy See and St. Cajetan
Church at Old Goa; decayed plaster was removed and provided with fresh lime
plaster as per the original. Besides chemical treatment and preservation of
two Canvas paintings at Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Old Goa, extensive
chemical cleaning and preservation works were carried out at the following
important monuments: Preservation and treatment of the main altar (guilded
area) in Basilica of Bom Jesus; insecticidal treatment to the back side of
the main altar in Cathedral of the Holy See.
Structural repairs were also carried out to Aguada Fort.
Here are the lyrics of a Konkani song by the late Alfred Rose (1932-2003)
from his seventeenth cassette which he devoted to the late Mrs. Indira
Gandhi and in which he outlines her tragic death and what she did for Goa.
INDIRA GANDHI by the late Alfred Rose
Indieche porjek, hem 1984 voros odruxtti zavn asa, jednam heach vorsak,
31ver Outubrache, amchea manadic Pordan Montrik, Smt. Indira Gandhik, faran
jivexim marli. Mogall ixttanim, hem mojem sotravem cassette, hanv tichea
ugddasak bhettoitam.
(The year 1984 has been unfortunate to the people of India, as during this
year our honorable Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, was shot dead. Dear
friends, I devote this seventeenth cassette of mine in her memory):
I
Uzvea hathan aiz, davea hathak patieonk zainam
Khorea ixttak pasun, hea tempar patieonk zainam
Sirvidorak pasun, hea tempar patieonk zainam
Bhavak ani bhoinnink pasun, aiz patieonk zainam
Chorus
Eka sunneank poxit zalear, tem tuji rakonn korta
Sirvidorak ghor samballunk dilear, to zaite pavtt ghor chorta
Ghorcheam munxeank jivexim marun, avchit to nattak zata
Dekun tacho fottu kaddun dovrat, serkar xiddkavnni dita
II
Indira Gandhi, porjechea ti mogachi
Ikmotin sambavtali, sovostkai Indiechi
Kosli noxtti korni, tichi rakonn korteleanchi
Ticher far soddun, tika nidoili, ti nid sasnnanchi
Chorus
Khobor aikon, gorib-girest roddonk laglint dukhanin
Indira Gandhi zavn asli, sovostkaiechi rannim
Vagak martat, toxi tika, marli kitleach faranim
Fodfuddun ti, kabar zali, ang xirxirta bhavanim
III
Indiecho pai mhunnttat, Mahatma Gandhi
Indiechi maim zali, Indira Gandhi
Indiecho Pordan Montri, atam Rajiv Gandhi
Dhoniam ho zago, boreponnim cholovnk, taka kurpa dhi
Chorus
Indian xerkaran amkam kitem kelam oxem mhunnonk favonam
Ami Indie pasot kitem kelam oxem ami kiteak chintinam
Indiek sonvsari vhodd nasanvam modem, hem voir ubarlear dubav nam
Tichea mornant rito zallo zago, kednanch bhorunk zanvcho nam
IV
Vaitt korta poi titleim, dolleank disti poddta
Borem korta tacher, rokddich visor poddta
Tinnem kitem borem kelam zaite zann mhunntta
Orissa, Assam, Punjabak gelear, apxinch disti poddta
Chorus
CHOGM-chea membrank visov ghevnk, Goa tinnem vinchun kaddlem
Novo airport kantrun, roste korun, Goa tinnem porzollailem
Goa oslem neketr Indiek nam mhunn, tinnem sonvsarak dakoilem
Indira sovostkaiechem neketr, kotta itlean palovlem
Indira sovostkaiechem neketr, kotta itlean palovlem
(From Doms antique shelf)
Dear fellow citizens, let us not ask what the Indian Government has done for
us; instead, let us ask ourselves what have we done for India?
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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