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Tri Continental Film Festival 2008 July 25 - 30, 2008 Goa, India http://www.moviesgoa.org/page/tri_continental/ http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricon/schedule_2008.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Barve, Whatever the merits/ drawbacks of the said "AICF" Circular, the fact remains that you are in a sad minority in this. You seem to be the only one, not only in Goa but in the whole of India, fighting and wasting time over it, while those who you feel are going to be affected just do not seem to be interested. You have been unable to garner even token support for your supposed worthy cause and it is something you have been unable to come to terms with. In your Internet discussions and in the emails that you have sent to all and sundry, you have made quite a few derogatory statements against "AICF" Officials, including accusing them of having a hidden agenda of "siphoning of funds". You must consider yourself fortunate that they have not pressed for defamation charges against you in the Courts at Chennai, which would have put you in a bigger soup. Whatever the merits of your statement, it will be difficult if not impossible for you to prove your accusations and you will only end up losing your time, your efforts and your money, which is not worth it. I hold no brief for Sports Associations and I have my own problems with most of them but battles are not fought the way you are fighting. First and foremost, we garner support for the cause that we wish to stand for and only then we try to take on the Associations. Your method is nothing but a method of madness. I would equate you with one of those "Mujahideen" Suicide Bombers who too believe that they are the warriors of God, and are willing to kill, and die, for the cause that they believe in. They do not realize that in the process they are causing themselves, and humanity, grave harm by their actions. I do not know who your own 'Osama' is, but if you do have someone behind you, he/she is a bad Advisor. In your own book "The Right Move", you have preferred to call Samir Salgaocar the "Good Samaritan", whereas you now feel that he some kind of a Villain, conspiring against you. Instead of trying to blame others for the mess you find yourself in, it is high time you realize that you have harmed yourself considerably by your own actions, and the faster you come to terms with this, the better it will be for your own interests, and for the interest of chess in Goa. Cheers Sandeep