------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well said Samir baab. One has known Mathany a long long time and never understood how and why he continued to fight on against all odds. Remember, during the ramponkar struggle, he was beaten on several occasions; his bones be strong but how and why he continued, one will never comprehend in the playing fields of Goan politics; he was the exception, maybe the chosen one. He was the feared one on the cause side but when it came to votes, the numbers never materialized! Guess if he wins, this will be his sweet moment, for he remained true to the Goan cause while rest of Goa and Goans are shamelessly spiraling downwards. The remedy is hopelessly distant and the cause....there is no cause left or is there? Vote if one has to but with the sprinkling of Chu-Cheel like 'politicians', 10% is the name of the game and vision....what vision? Won't mention the role of religion in this elections but this cake is rotten and smelly before the baking, Goa is but a pot of quick-disappearing black gold, land of ill gotten gains (see Goa and the Blue Mountain, the references to Goans as pirates, haha) working with certainty on "por favor" and the color of money, never mind ethics. We never had any it seems nor a good memory! I have packed my bags and headed to Karwar (no I am not on the vote-list there). Welcom your suggestions for a name-change! On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Samir Kelekar <samir_kele...@yahoo.com> wrote: > In 1979, we had a padayatra all over Goa to start the first peoples' daily > in Goa in Konkani. Mathany was part of the padayatra and I remember him since > then. > It is another matter that the peoples' daily didnt go very far. > > To my mind, there is no one who has fought for the people throughout his life > than Mathany. May be I am wrong and not knowledgeable enough, and I am happy > that there are people like Soter whom I humbly request to correct me on that. > > Let us vote for change. Let us vote for Mathany! > > In other words, et us "kator" re bhaji, in the words of the father of Abe > Faria! Btw, kator is Mathany's symbol. > > regards, > Samir