STIRRING COMMUNAL HATRED (Herald 28 Dec, 2004) By: Dr. Francisco Colaco, Margao
I dread at the way things are going on in Goa and thereby fear for our children and grand-children. If the RSS is allowed to have its way we, the minorities, will soon be decimated. Goa will be left in the hands of gravediggers who will have nothing else to gloss over except the morbid pleasure of gloating over one's prey. The CD (under discussion these days) was conceived finalized long back, long after Manohar Parrikar took over, if my memory serves me right. More or less at that time the Vidya Prabhodini SSC marks scandal (which was hushed up) also had surfaced. That the CD was demeaning to genuine freedom fighters (not the neo-RSS heroes) and, above all, communally charged, became apparent even then. Due to adverse criticism at the time it was kept apparently on the back burner. And every one must have thought it had sunk into oblivion. But for the RSS fanatics and their zealot leader it is always one step back, two forward, for the kill. Now that we have seen what the CD is all about, it is necessary that everyone speaks out fearlessly (not only the Church!), Me, you, Mathany, Felipe Neri, each and every freedom fighter worth his salt, all right-thinking members of the majority community, etc. If we are to prevent Goa from being divided into pieces then we must act now. If necessary, President's rule must be ushered in. This is simply inciting to communal hatred and divisiveness and must not be tolerated. COMMENTS: I feel some warmth in my heart that someone else, besides me, has felt that the this Parrikar government must be dismissed and President's rule brought in. But at the same time, I do not second the good doctor on: "if RSS is allowed to have its way, the minorities (read Christians) will soon be decimated". No chance- Niente. On the contrary I am optimistic that the RSS in Goa as well as the RSS as an organization as a whole will be extinct, sooner than later, and of its own doing. Manohar Parrikar, as the defacto RSS chief of Goa, has played his last card, very wrongly, through this CD affair. And that happens when one is surrounded by flattering chamchas and rats with pea brains, just like the peacock being surrounded by cuckoos. Manohar Parrikar extended his peacock feathers after the IFFI and basked in enough glory, that he forgot to knot his belt tight enough. In the bargain he has let his pants slide down with this most sensitive bomb, the bomb that will blow him to kingdom come. After all, we must remember that Goans are no fools that they may be led by other conceited ideological fools like Togadia, Advani, Modi and even Vajpayee. When I say Goans, I do not mean the Catholics or the Christians and the Muslims. By Goans, I mean our own Goan Hindu brethren. Who was it that saved Goa's merger with Maharashtra? Our mai-bhass Konkani?. Catholics??. I have more regards to the consciousness and the intelligence of our Hindu Goan bretheren than the Catholics of Goa. A few rotten apples who have lost their sense of direction may be dancing with Manohar Parrikar and company, guys like Prakashchandra Shirodkar, the former Director of Archieves, but they will have to wind up that dance and run for their lives. For the RSS bigots must realize, or will someone whisper into their ears that ideological fundas take roots over a full stomach??. We have surpassed the divide and rule of the British to the larger extent and the Portuguese to a lesser extent. And this baseless RSS corrupt and bigoted machinations will never take roots in the Goan community as a whole. It must be remembered that once a leaf becomes yellow with age, it ultimately falls to join others on the ground while millions of green one are having a good hearty laugh at its descent. Manohar Parrikar, sir, rest assured your time is close at hand to take the dive. But please be informed that along with the millions of greens who will be showing their teeth, there will be most of your close chamchas and pea brained rats who will not only be having a good laugh but will be doubling up with mirth. As for Prakashchandra Shirodkar, the guy, who as the Director of Archieves, rushes to the Bishop's Palace on an altogether annonimous call, and expect Goans to believe him, must have polished RSS marbles in his head. Who is he trying to fool with his lenghty article in the GT? (29 Dec,2004). Cheers Floriano goasuraj
