________________________________ From: b sabha <bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com> From: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com<mailto:steve.dia...@gmail.com>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHO MURDERED Fr. BISMARQUE? To me, last week was very disturbing. I was in Pune on my personal work and by Saturday (7th Nov) afternoon, I learnt my good friend Fr. Bismarque Dias, was missing which I came to know through Digital network news connections and friends. I was restless then, and I hoped that Fr. is Okay in Goa during my absence. However by Sunday (8th Nov), my worst fears came true and I learnt that Fr. was no more and died due to drowning. I hurried up my programme in Pune and returned on 11th Nov and was shocked to hear some hocus-pocus rumours being transmitted through the word of mouth that Fr. died of downing after consuming large amount of beer and thus I decided immediately to pen these few lines with immediate effect. I have moved with Fr. on several occasions, even he visited my house and I his. On almost on all occasions, we were feasting mentally and our mental interactions were immense. We had very little for eating, let alone sipping alcoholic drinks. To hear the bogie that Fr. was drunk at 11 PM and died of drowning is a fairy tale which lacks common sense and reason. Another story that, there were two cartoons of beer where Fr.was supposed to have drunk during swimming is a cruel joke. Who took these beer cartoons to the sluice gate and what attracted Fr. to the spot “needs through intelligent investigation”. I can vouch Fr. would not go swimming at the earthly hour. Some one and some special cause must be there except swimming that led Fr. to the site keeping his bike and other belongings two kilometres away. All that has been reported by Old Goa Police outpost could be a bull story and utter bullshit. I too joining hands with Fr.'s family, friends and well wishers to demand a high level probe into his so called MURDER, which is made to look as a stupid case of drowning. I have decided to carry out separate scientific studies along with my friend Dr. Joe D’Sousa to help unearthing, the exact nature of crime, so that the justice is afforded not only to Bismarque but to all his well wishers. Stephen Dias DATE: 11TH NOV. 2015 ============================ THIS BELOW ARTICLE IS WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND ELVIDIO MIRANDA Stephen Dias -------------------- ---- Fr. BISMARQUE, A PRIEST WITH A CONSCIENCE ELVIDIO MIRANDA Fr. Bismarque, unlike any other priest was unique and one who had a grasp of the way to live life in the true sense of the word. The simple and ascetic soul that he was, he always stood for the truth and despite his brief encounter with politics, knew what was good and actually made the difference between modern day living and the traditional genre of life, which he himself followed with religious fervor. Everybody knows about his social activism towards protecting the environment and nature. After his unspectacular stint in political field, Fr. Bismarque in an interview published in various newspapers exhorted youth that the internet, the computer, the mobile and television should not be used unless it was absolutely necessary. A modern man would have thought that what he said was anti-innovation and anti-modernity, but in real life, Fr. Bismarque’s exhortation was one of a true follower of Christ, not one that was going back the dark ages, but one that led to a better life, especially to our wayward youth in search of the true and shining path to fulfillment in life. An example, to prove that Fr. Bismarque was right is the publishing business itself that we follow. Since the beginning of printing, the reporter had to write his story on paper or key it on a typewriter and then each alphabet was manually inserted into the column, after which the proof-reading had to be done. Both the writer and the proof-reader had to be proficient in right spelling as well as a very thorough knowledge of grammar. Today in our computerized world, the Microsoft Word we use to write is programmed with a copy of the encyclopedia as well as a grammar check which have made people dependent on the automated version. Back then, though the printing was manual, the writer was very competent and well-versed with the spellings and the grammar and it was a valuable virtue of every writer. It is to be said here that comparatively, the reporter and the columnist then, was more informed and competent. It would have been a living tribute to him then, if youth had followed his diktat and thus attained more values and proficiency rather than have to rely on the computerized method. Both the church in Goa as well as the people in Goa will sorely miss the noble intentions of Fr. Bismarque who was a priest in the shining armour of truth, a genuine follower of God and a true lover of the environment and nature. May his soul rest in peace.
