Right on! I'm a Canadian, but I resided in Goa for about thirty years (1984 - 2012) having married a Goan National of 'old family' (in Canada) in 1970. I spent many pleasant hours in a hospitality facility managed by Jack Sequeira family members, not recalling exact name, but at end of Ourem Creek Road, Panaji, near the beautiful art galleries. I think the Statue could go there, if Porvorim doesn't get it. It could even go next to Faria in Panjim itself.
I'm a great admirer of works by Aurobindo; and I'm aware that Sri Vivekananda actually came to Goa, for consultation with spiritual leaders there. Goa, in my opinion, is greatly deserving of 'SPECIAL STATUS' in the Indian Republic---somewhat resembling what has been done for Quebec Province in the Canadian Federation of Provinces. I even went to the point of sending to my friend Professor Antonio da Costa (in Miramar) a DVD of Canadian Film documenting Pierre Elliott Trudeau's leadership in resisting 'Independence' but pointing to 'Special Status'. *BUT*, not just 'commercial zone stuff; that was there already, during the Opium Wars. What Goa needs is 'open sesame to Global, particularly for 'Intellectual Properties' & Music. I think it may be time to make some definitive moves on the National Political Chessboard. On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dr. Jack de Sequeira: > > Deemed Father of Opinion Poll > > > STEPHEN DIAS > DONA PAULA > > Dear Raj Narain > Editor > Goan Observer > > Request to publish. > Best regards > > Stephen > 6.2.2018 > > > > The raging debate surrounding the installation of the statue of Dr. Jack de > Sequeira at the Assembly Complex at Porvorim, has taken an ugly turn with > even leaders like Uday Bhembre stating that there were many groups that > fought the Opinion Poll. Is it not a fact that Dr. Jack de Sequeira was the > Leader of the Opposition and that Dayanand Bandodkar who was the Chief > Minister then had wanted the matter about the merger to be voted in the > Assembly where the MGP had a comfortable majority? What would have happened > if the voting in the Assembly had then taken place and merger with > Maharashtra would have happened? Would the 40 MLAs including the CM, > Ministers and MLAs would have been representing Goa Assembly? Why is that > the MLAs are not unanimous in getting the statue of Dr. Jack de Sequeira > installed in the Assembly Complex as the Father of the Opinion Poll? For > the sake history it may be emphasized that many leaders in India were > involved in the Freedom movement in India, including amongst many other > Jawaharlal Nehru, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sorojini Naidu, Dadabhai > Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Bhagat Singa, Sri Aurobindo, Lokmanya Tilak > and many, many others. Still all of them did not oppose when Mahatma Gandhi > was selected as the Father of the Nation and so today Mahatma Gandhi is the > Father of the Nation. Why do our 40 MLAs now do not realize that Dr. Jack > de Sequeira should be given that honour for having contributed greatly to > the Opinion Poll. The 40 MLAs should bow down their heads in gratitude to > Dr. Jack de Sequeira for his yeoman contribution towards the Opinion Poll > which was the cornerstone in Goa today having become a state in the Indian > union. > END > > Sent from my Samsung device >