Re: [Goanet] A CALL TO ALL GOANS/response to Floriano
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Dear Floriano, With all this cutting of throats and slitting of body parts, is there also going to be a public crucifixion and harvesting of organs? :)) There should be a clarion call made to all Goans. All Goans residing in Goa. I've always believed that profound changes occur in a society when every member of that society takes responsibility. Ofcourse, our polity has to be held accountable, but politicians do not operate in a vacuum. They are parts of the sum total of a community. Winston Churchill said, for evil to triumph all that has to happen is good men do nothing. There are good men in Goa, such as yourself and even though your voices may be feeble at times, you cannot keep a good man down. The sea-change in Goan society has to happen at the grassroots. Mothers, fathers, organisations, institutions especially our educational institutions, these are the people and channels that will ultimately affect change in Goa. Wait not for the expatriate to return. Your struggles are not his to carry. Your dreams are not his to nurture. Your path is alone because Goa belongs to you alone. Shashi Tharoor says, the Indian expatriate is a dichotomous animal. He is at once attracted and repelled by India. He is glad he has escaped and wants to distance himself, and yet he is propelled by guilt and so is loyal to the idea of a culture and tradition that India itself has long forgotten. That is what Goan expats do; they remember Goa as it used to be. They have no desire to mire themselves in the reality of it. For all the Goans that have left Goa, God speed to them. Theirs in a new life and although they may fondly remember Goa as one remembers a distant relative, their lives must begin anew in a distant land. Let us be kind and sever the umbilical cord. selma --- Goa Su-Raj Party <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Secondly, we want to help cut the gloated > throats of every > Congressmen, new and old, because they all work for > themselves rather than > for the Congress Party. We want to cut the throat of > Dr. Wilfred D'Souza > with the finest of the scalpel available so that he > does not, in the least, > feel that his throat has been cut. Singularly, this > man has inflicted more > damage unto Goa than any other person in Goa's > history, and is still at it. > The rest have already cut their own throats as it > were to make out work > easier. > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] A CALL TO ALL GOANS
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Dear Selma, As the spokesperson of the Party, I must say that that there is a grain of truth in what you have said and in what you believe. And, can anyone blame the expat Goans for the sad trend that you have portrayed? If I were to leave Goa, I would do leave a frustrated man because even if I wanted to die for Goa, Goa would just discard me as a dead stray dog. WHO CARES? For one Goan lost, there could be 10 coming in from Kashmir, Gujarat, Bihar etc who would grumble less and pay more to get everything they need. And if I sold my house and property to the first highest bidder, which would invariably be the outsider, I would even forget the 'Kalchi Kodi' and the 'Amot Tikh' and say goodbye to Goa for ever and just run away. Moreover, a lot many Goan vultures have decended on the expats, from time to time, whether it may be in the Gulf, UK etc. in the name of 'bleeding for Goa' only to collect funds to line their own pockets. Recently we saw the defunct NRI-Cell Committee going to the Gulf, headed by our right honourable ex-MLA Herculano Dourado & Co., to do what?, I wonder!. Where does the money grow in the Gulf? On the date-palms, I suppose?. As far as this party is concerned, saving Goa has never been the thought behind its formation. It was more for the itch of cutting the throats of the very Goans who so bleed for Goa , so that they could bleed profusely at one shot and die a painful death. And, have we been doing something towards that end. Sure! For one thing we have contributed to a very small extent in making a small slit in the throat of the BJP in Goa. We want to see to it that Manohar Parrikar is hounded out of Goa, to Nagpur more likely, if we can help. Secondly, we want to help cut the gloated throats of every Congressmen, new and old, because they all work for themselves rather than for the Congress Party. We want to cut the throat of Dr. Wilfred D'Souza with the finest of the scalpel available so that he does not, in the least, feel that his throat has been cut. Singularly, this man has inflicted more damage unto Goa than any other person in Goa's history, and is still at it. The rest have already cut their own throats as it were to make out work easier. This Party believes that our expat Goans are suffering from the lack of real entertainment in their new found home countries. Besides, they have to work their hardest to keep up to the levels of new standards of living. Can we blame them? Nh! Therefore, the mission this party has embarked upon to identify and eliminate these Goan hyenas by slitting their throats will give the expats a humongous pleasure besides making them feel much at ease, just like one feels after a good body massage (how we say in Konkani 'Angachi borich dukh ghueli') through this absolutely free of cost entertainment - a tit for tat for the miseries they have suffered for not being allowed to make their lives in their own motherland and having to run away. And this party has decided to give a warm welcome to any/all expats who may want to come-back to their beloved Goa when the dirty blood from the dirty throats have dried out and the stink subsided, not for their money, but for their enthusiasm to come back to their own motherland and to contribute to its meteoric growth which is inevitable considering that they constitute the 'brain' that was voluntarily drained from Goa. And this Party will hand-over a clean-healthy Goa into their hands so that they can run it well as according to their needs, always remaining alert to weed-out and burn, until charred, those who might show early signs of growing-up into the detestable hyenas in the future in the footsteps of our dear Curtorim's tallest hyena and that of the fattest and shortest one from Saligao. We thank you, dear Selma, for getting this out from our insides through your wonderful wonderful post below and for making us breath easy and well once again.. We remain, Yours faithfully, goasuraj www.goasu-raj.org - Original Message - From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:38 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] A CALL TO ALL GOANS > > * G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F
Re: [Goanet] A CALL TO ALL GOANS
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. Dear Save Goa Front, I have some rather depressing news for you. Goans "settled outside of Goa" do not care about Goa. I don't want to undermine the work done by such organisations as Goa Sudharop or the amounts repatriated by Gulf Goans or the interest shown by determined expatriate Goans, but apart from a minuscule minority, the vast majority of expatriate Goans and their children care a whit about Goa. I personally know of friends and family, people who benefited from a subsidised Goan education, who've gone on to become doctors and entrepreneurs in foreign countries, who have nothing but a passing interest in Goa. How else can you explain the lack of expatriate funded hospitals or schools or scholarships or even a heartfelt support of our writers or artists? Oprah Winfry who is no more African than J F Kennedy was Irish, has always maintained a bond with Africa. A bond that recently made possible a 40 million dollar school, in South Africa. Perhaps we've trained our ears not to listen to the wind-flute that calls our name from our native land. Perhaps we've become so engrossed in paying our second mortgages and driving our third car out of the 2 floor garage. Whatever it is, we've failed miserably and each succeeding generation distances itself even more. Please don't wait for the diaspora to help you. Goa rests in your own hands. We will have our functions where sorpatel is eaten with gusto and matters of Goa debated with indignation but that is as far it will go. A two week holiday and trinkets bought at Arjuna, completes this voyage of self-discovery on part of second-generation expat children. Goa belongs to you, Goans in Goa. You have to rise to the occasion, hold your representatives accountable, protect your institutions and create a society you are proud of and want to live in. selma - --- airesrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Save Goa Front (SGF) gives a clarion call to all > Goans settled outside Goa to raise their voices and > do > whatever possible to salvage Goa and the Goan > identity. There is a need for Goans across India and > the world to close ranks and Save Goa. > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
[Goanet] A CALL TO ALL GOANS
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. The Save Goa Front (SGF) gives a clarion call to all Goans settled outside Goa to raise their voices and do whatever possible to salvage Goa and the Goan identity. There is a need for Goans across India and the world to close ranks and Save Goa. All Goans have to contribute intellectually to resuscitate Goa from its present disastrous state. Goans need to ponder as to how their very peaceful state has today been transformed into a crime ridden haven with murders, dacoities and burglaries being the order of the day. The politicians are solely to be blamed for the pathetic state of Goa and its affairs today. The highly disproportionate assets of current and former Goa Ministers needs to come under the immediate scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Income tax authorities. Even though Goa and Goan identity is on a ventilator life support, steps must be taken to safeguard the interests of Goa and Goans and to preserve its cultural heritage. Goa is the only state of India where the migrants would soon outnumber the ethnic people as in Goa it has been very easy for migrants to instantly get ration and voters cards, unlike anywhere else in India. Goas unscrupulous politicians for their political security have been creating migrant vote banks to neutralize the Goan voters and there has to be a scrutiny and review of all ration and voter cards issued, as has been done by the Mumbai administration. Goa being such a small state there has to be an immediate ceiling on the quantum of land that a person who is not of Goan origin can buy, otherwise there will be no room for the next generation in Goa. Goa is currently suffering from the worst levels of corruption that has crept into every area of governance, with every government job being auctioned to the highest bidder. Save Goa Front through a peoples movement would act as Goas watchdog to preserve the Goan identity, root out corruption and to prevent the further degeneration of Goas cultural and moral fabric. Adv. Aires Rodrigues Convenor Save Goa Front Mobile; 09822684372 ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
