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As one who has not participated in the Fontainhas Art Festival, I cannot be accused of having a vested interest. Similarly, at not having been invited to participate in this Festival either, let it not be insinuated that I have an axe (or coito) to grind. Knowing that my canvases reek of linseed oil rather than Pierre Laurent Rose Absolute, why would I subject a fellow Goan to befall the misfortune of having to display my art and in the process, earn disgruntlement as commission? As for my past � I speak no Portuguese and know not primergrao from Marmagao. To this day, I proudly retain my Indian passport and with it, my sole allegiance to the Government of India. But, if India joins the war on terror, I might consider applying for a Portuguese passport if only to dodge getting drafted and then shipped home in a �Victim of Friendly Fire�container. Returning to the subject matter, I am grateful to all those who have shed further light on the issues. If Heta Pandit and GHAG are one and the same entity, then it would be fair to assume that the Fontainhas Art Festival has been her ball. For whatever her reasons, she has opted to drop the ball. One may also assume that the ball is in reasonable shape � perhaps needing some inflation or color touch-up by pseudo-leftists. In any event, the scraping of the Festival might be the result of resentment brewing among the players � on who now gets to play centerfield and who ends up always in the rear guarding the goalie in a game where the ball was programmed to lucratively lob in the opposite end of the field! Now that Heta has dropped the ball, has she (and GHAG) disowned it, or do they still have proprietorship over the Fontainhas Art Festival extravaganza? If not, can the artists who participated in the Festival these last two years and/or benefitted from such participation, pool some money together and pick and refurbish the ball? If the venue is still a political hotbed, can it be relocated to some neutral ground? And if the initiative to hold the Festival is alive � and backed by a bonafide treasurer currently sitting in front of an empty cash register � I am willing to contribute Rs. One lakh to get this worthy ball in motion again. Let me know. Dom Martin ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
