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Congratulations to all involved in banning the "Tomatina"
marie
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:35 AM, muriel&mario <another...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Nettekars,
>
> Forwarding a message from Miguel Braganza...
>
> But first, profuse apologies for flooding your mailboxes with the
> "flurry of messages" on this disgraceful tomato mess. We had to act
> fast, not only to create enough awareness of this bit of mindless
> debauchery, but also to generate enough pressure across the state to
> have it pitched into its rightful place - the garbage bin.
>
> Thanks for your patience, your understanding and your cyber networking
> that converted this perverted 'tomato smash' to a 'musical bash' ;-)
>
> Second, besides those mentioned below...Tulio D'Souza, an aspiring
> occupant of the Saligao seat, in the upcoming Assembly elections,
> played his part, after we phoned him to join Saligao in stopping the
> insanity.
>
> Like every sane Goenkar, he too had very strong reasons why such
> proposed depravity should be aborted at once. But beyond the words,
> he was also instrumental in getting Michael Mascarenhas and Sajjid
> Hussain, the organisers of the 'saucy' event in Saligao and Nilkant
> Anant Naik, the owner of the village's most controversial venue, Club
> Westend, to come to a meeting and dialogue with concerned villagers.
>
> Other protesters present, both at the meeting with the organisers in
> the Panchayat Hall and the MLA, Dilip Parulekar in his office, were
> Arun Sawant and Sitaram Mahale of the Salmona Pariyavaran Manch,
> Ashley Delaney of the Saligao Forum, Joaquim Vaz, Mario 'Venas'
> Cordeiro, and Nicholas Sequeira of the Saligao Civic & Consumer Cell,
> Sarpanch Lucas Remedios, panchas Bholanath Gaadi, Jack Coelho and
> Deepak Rane of V P Saligao. Miguel Braganza represented the various
> other protesting NGOs and the rest of Goa.
>
> Villagers also protested the ear-splitting sound pollution that keeps
> Saligao awake through the year, on specific days of the week and often
> for days at a stretch...literally, because Club Westend lives up to
> its promise to drunken, drugged and tranced-out revelers: time and
> space "where the party never ends!"
>
> The organisers were quick to deny any sound violations above the
> legally permitted decibel levels and were quicker to give us their
> cell phone numbers. With the TV channel Goa365 and a Herald reporter
> in attendance, Michael-9890707107 and Sajjid-9767501320 told us to
> call them up *anytime* if Saligao is inconvenienced in any way.
>
> Sajjid also promised to bring to our home, a copy of a legal affidavit
> that committed not to use any tomatoes at the venue. The affidavit is
> still to come, but our investigations revealed that in fact, no
> tomatoes were used.
>
> Oh...we forgot to mention: the meeting took place under the uninvited
> but peeled eyes and cocked ears of the mufti-disguised, Calangute
> Police and Special Branch, Mapusa...
>
> "Thanks for gate-crashing guys! If you had told us, we would have
> given you chairs to sit on, instead of you trying to blend in with the
> street light fittings and other junk of the Electricity Dept., stored
> at the back of the hall. Sorry to blow your cover, but your snooping
> habits die hard and never let you down! Thanks also to informers that
> Saligao has always had, we do know you are reading us!"
>
> Congratulations to everyone who helped to prevent the madness and keep
> the tomatoes where they truly belong: the gardens, kitchens, dining
> tables and mouths of our people.
>
> Over to Miguel...
>
> Warm regards and solidarity.
>
> M&M.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Miguel Braganza <braganza.mig...@gmail.com>
> Date: 7 November 2011 20:53
> Subject: Re: Tomatina?
> To: Albertina Almeida <albertina.alme...@gmail.com>
> Cc: muriel&mario <another...@gmail.com>, Sabina Martins
> <martinssab...@gmail.com>, goacan goa <goa...@gmail.com>, Yogita Mehra
> <yog...@greenessentials.in>
>
>
> Dear Albertina,
>
> The "Sundown Tomatia Festival Goa 2011" mutated or transformed itself
> into a "Music festival" without tomatoes thanks to the T.E.A.M. effort
> of Mario & Muriel Mascarenhas and Nicholas Sequeira on the ground in
> Saligao, the Botanical Society of Goa, GOACAN, and Bailancho Sad as
> organizations that wrote letters to the Director of Tourism, GTDC,
> District Collector and other authorities ....and the tremendous
> support by Maybushan Nagvemkar [IANS], Bevinda Collaco [Target Goa],
> Glenn da Costa and Savio Rodrigues [Goan Chronicle] with a little in
> the other newspapers, including the Goa Doot that chipped in after the
> MLA of Saligao supported the opposition to the proposed wasteful use
> of tomatoes.
>
> Dilip Parulekar is from the BJP...and so is Goa Doot. There were also
> a number of Letters to the Editor, which helped, too.
>
> Now that the Consulate of Spain has attempted to assist the
> proliferation of the TOMATINA in India, we have every right to oppose
> its conduct in Bunol, Valencia. What is sauce for the goose is sauce
> for the gander. Waste is waste. Spin must stop it while Somalia or
> Ethiopia starves. It can export the tomatoes for free as Food Aid.
>
> I am raising the issue with IFOAM at BioFach India 2011 on 10
> November, 2011 at Bangalore.
>
> Mog asundi
>
> Miguel
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Albertina Almeida
> <albertina.alme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Miguel,
>>
>> What happened FINALLY about the Tomatina?
>>
>> albertina
> --
>> (M) 09326137682
>> “I will not apologize; I have no intention of apologizing. One should not
>> have to apologize for telling the truth,” Anita Hill
> --
> ................................................................
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> at <http://www.anothergoa.blogspot.com>
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> c/o FULKAR,
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marie
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