I am working on avery old research paper form Goa archive that says that soon after liberation Roque Santana wanted to do away with the ‘zoan’ enjoyed by the settlers from Carambolim, further this article says that this settlers never voted Roque Santana. The origin of this dispute goes back to 1920’s when this pro-Portuguese settlers excavated 12th century Velliapura Kadamba Jayakeshi I Southern Capital site ,present day Velim the the property of the Roque Santana family and converted it into a paddy field in order to wipe the glorious history. In this paper it is noted that these group as ‘angels in disguise’. in addition, Speaking during the Goa Revolution day function at Azad maidan on Tuesday 18th June 2013. Mr. Chandrakant Kenkre, President Goa Freedom Fighters Association pointed out differences within , which came as a surprise to the attendees. Freedom fighters are responsible for the current situation they are facing."We have jealousy towards each other" he said. As a part of my research project I met many in Velim who are just jealous of this whole issue and i did notice many were jealous of late Roque Santana so much so they tried to change topics or attempted to tell their stories.
Siyona. COMMENT: Jose Colaco wrote: I wonder how a similar event would play out in 2013 ........IF a. Youth leader had attacked an Indian Police depot ...... ____________________________ Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 05:19:41 -0400 From: Jose Colaco <cola...@gmail.com> To: Siyona G Gaunkar <siy...@ymail.com>, "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> : Re: [Goanet] We have jealousy towards each other – Goa Freedom Fighters Siyona Gaunkar wrote: 1: On the eve of 17th June 1952 Roque Santana was gravely injured in Chandor during an attack on one of Chandor's Police depots. The plan failed due to the pro-Portuguese Goan elements who leaked the information to the Portuguese police, 2: The Times of India news paper dated 18thJune 1952 carried the press statement of Prime Minister Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru which was carried on all Portuguese news papers in Goa strongly condemning the use of deadly force by the Portuguese police on the youth leader Roque Santana gravely injuring him COMMENT: I wonder how a similar event would play out in 2013 ........IF a. Youth leader had attacked an Indian Police depot ...... Jc Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:25:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Siyona G Gaunkar <siy...@ymail.com> To: "goanet@lists.goanet.org" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] We have jealousy towards each other - Goa Freedom Fighters Speaking during the Goa Revolution day function at Azad maidan on Tuesday 18th June 2013. Mr. Chandrakant Kenkre, President Goa Freedom Fighters Association pointed out differences within the association, which came as a surprise to the attendees. ?Freedom fighters are responsible for the current situation they are facing. We have jealousy towards each other" he said. For that Goa CM Mr. Parrikar responded that Goa need second freedom struggle to liberation the negative mentality towards the State. Governor B V Wanchoo was present. http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=9325&boxid=161424890&uid=&dat=6/19/2013 On the eve of 17thJune 1952Roque Santana was gravely injured in Chandor During an attack on one of Chandor's Police depots. The plan failed due to the pro-Portuguese Goan elements who leaked the information to the Portuguese police, The Times of India news paper dated 18thJune 1952 carried the press statement of Prime Minister Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru which was carried on all Portuguese news papers in Goa strongly condemning the use of deadly force by the Portuguese police on the youth leader Roque Santana gravely injuring him and warning the Colonial rule of dare consequences if the youth did not survive. At this point the Portuguese police shifted Roque Santana from Margao Hospicio to Ribandar Military hospital for better treatment. After this the Portuguese were reluctant to use deadly force This incident is the main reason why Prime Minister Nehru planned to invaded Goa despite US objection. As a part of my research project I have met many freedom fighers and i did notice this jealousy each back stabbing the other and many were jealous of late Roque Santana so much so they tried to change topics. Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 09:38:12 -0500 From: Jose Colaco <cola...@gmail.com> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Father of Goan democracy Message-ID: <18beee02-c518-438a-90b9-6b24bf660...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Like Eugene, I too found the flurry of GoaNet posts, with nearly identical script, quite surprising. I only wonder IF the writer/writers believes(s) that these posts help or hurt the legacy of Roque Santana Fernandes. The following from the post by a Veena Sa caught my attention http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2014-January/237178.html *RS was 'mortally injured' in 1955 *free 'Salcete island' *RS suffered a cardiac arrest at 'their palatial estate' in New York City in 2007 *Canarase, a 'red Indian' village (The 'worrier' I took as a typo and read it as 'warrior') I am a native of Velim and, as a student, I knew both Dr. Sequeira and Roque Santana. I, often had the opportunity to chat with RS. It was never about politics. I found him to be an affable person who often stopped and chatted about How I was getting on with my studies. I still to this day can only have the best of things to say about Dr. Sequeira. If one has to truly honour RS, then one may have to do a better job than these set of badly scripted posts. It might need an independent review of his life and struggles conducted with the help of all the available documents. I personally liked RS as a fellow Velcar and as a person (and I am sure he got that impression from our informal chats usually by the Church / Bus stand) but I do have the following beliefs: (1): the State has the obligation to provide security to its citizens (2) : I am unable to make a serious judgement on any issue ( not that my judgement matters to anybody else ) without studying all the facts of the case. It would also be useful to learn more about the Award given to Dr. Jack de Sequeira, I assume posthumously. Who else was short listed? What were the criteria? Who decided? Who received it? How does it fall under the classification of 'prestigious'? ps: it is my personal belief that the flurry of posts about the late RS, written in indifferent English, could actually hurt the legacy of RS, who IMHO represented the interests of the people of Velim to the best of his ability. jc Circa New York City
