IS GOA LIBERATABLE FURTHER? That Goa had to be liberated from the Portuguese colonialism was a must because nobody wants to be colonized by any other power. But that Bharat had to liberate Goa forcibly and in view of many recolonise Goa was a different matter. If Bharat under Nehru had not to interfere militarily in Goa in 1961 December, Heaven would not fall. If it was not for the militarily force used to annex Goa in the name of liberation by the Nehru Government of Bharat, Goa would get its own dose of independence in another 10 14 years when all other Portuguese colonies in Africa got after the death of Salazar in Portugal and after the collapse of Marcelo Caetano rule there. Portugal e Future was the book that made the trick, this book was written by Gen. Antonio Spinola a close relative of Marcelo Caetano and who served earlier in one of the Portuguese colonies in Africa. He realized how futile it is to hold on to the Portuguese colonies and thus he scripted that book. In the late fifties and beginning of 1960 Portuguese Goa was experiencing lot of developments and to move in this direction Lisbon Government especially deputed dynamic, progressive, secular and democratic minded Governor Vassalo e Silva with whom as a small boy in Portuguese School in my village I had a personal encounter of conversation when he visited our class on one early morning during his visit to Aguada. Governador Vassalo was a very kind hearted, soft and charitable man. He loved Goa and Goans irrespective of their religious and other beliefs. Whatever gifts he used to distribute in Portuguese School similarly he used to do in Marathi Xalla next to our School. During his stay in Goa almost everything was moving in right direction. He used to personally check the grievances of common man. When prices suddenly shot up in Panjim Market of essential commodities he personally in a disguised form checked the prices in the Market and took corrective steps. When some Goans working in Qatar volunteered to return back, he agreed to provide them with jobs. In fact he even requested Goans abroad to come and help Goa develop and he volunteered to provide them with the necessary assistance. The way he was moving so fast in all the directions it looked Goa was going to progress faster than Bharat. The goodwill for Portuguese Government was gaining momentum. This created a fear into the minds of Bharati Government of Nehru and in order to nip this progressive trend initiated by Vassalo e Silva, Nehru on the advice of Malyali Krishna Menon as Defense Minister of India sent troops into Goa and annexed it and turned beautiful, virgin, decent and soft Goa as part of greater Bharat which was nothing but full of filth and curruption.
Before the annexation of Goa by Bharat some Goans approached Morarjee Desai who was a big man of Bombay then asking help to liberate Goa. Mr. Desai bluntly told them if you want your Goa to be liberated then you go back to Goa and fight for your cause. Mr. Desai was against using force to liberate Goa by the Nehru Government of Bharat. Desai did not like force to annex lands belonging to others. He even opposed Nehrus daughter Indira Gandhi from acquiring and annexing Sikkim to India. Nehru family is a greedy family and a sort of imperialists but all others succumbed to this family dictates was a surprise. After the independence of India some freedom fighter Goans went to Ghandiji who was resting after being tired of fighting for Indias independence and shock of Congress chicanery. Those Goans who approached him made a fervent plea to Ghandiji to come forward and give a lead to liberate Goa the way he gave the lead to Indias independence. Listening to their pleas, Ghandiji told those Goans something like this My dear sons, you want liberation from whom? Portugal? And he softly laughed sarcastically for a while and then restarted his talk thus Today you are ruled by the Portuguse from Europe, fine, but once you are liberated from Portugal, I am afraid you might be ruled by the Delhivalas from Bharat. Ghandhi did not want Goa to be liberated by Bharat thru the use of force, he was against violence to liberate Goa. He was sure either today or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow Portuguese will have to leave from Goa. His impression was that you Goans waited for so long, so now wait for a while and let the nature take its own course. But Nehru and Krishna Menon were restless, they did what they had in their minds and brought forcibly Goa under the rule of Bharat. One of the early freedom fighters J.M. DSouza who landed in Goa with a big slogan of Jai Hind along with Indian military and later on during the first election in Goa got elected from Calangute constituency on UG ticket, later on started saying liberation of Goa was unjust. When Mario Soares as foreign Minister of Portugal came to India and landed in Goa during his historic visit to declare officially surrender of Portuguese Goa to India, J. M. DSouza opposed Soares and loudly said in Panjim that Goa belongs to Goans and not to Indians that is Bharatis. Finally DDouza died a very miserable death next to old GMC in Panjim, unsung, uncared and unwanted. In fact very many freedom fighters died very miserably like cursed people. >From December 1961 till now it is 44 years that Goa flies Bharati Flag, acquiring lot of Bharati attributes and losing its own in the bargain. In another few years Goa will be totally deGoanised, Goa will remain as Goa bodily but its soul will disappear and Goa will turn into most wretched state in India. The influx of non-Goans in Goa is changing not only the demographic structure of Goa but also other fields. The Marathivadis, the Nagrivadis, the MGvadis, the BJPvadis and communalists in Goa are against the maintaining of pristine Goan structure. The genuine Goans who have great love for yesteryears Goa are weeping, some loudly while others quietly and asking the question Quo Vadis Goa?. Goa is going and gone partially. Our leaders, MLAs and Montris are not interested in Goa, they are interested in themselves and in their family affairs. They are looting Goa, they are killing Goa and they are raping Goa. In this situation some Goans permanently settled in the West holding Portuguese, American, Canadian, British and other Passports are clamouring and campaigning for separate Goa independent of Bharat, they even prefer Portugal back to Goa without knowing that Portugal is no more interested in Goa. These Goans are simply barking from abroad thru cyber fora. These Goans are like worms, they will do nothing for Goa expect bark and bark from Western lands. They say they have great love for Goa but in reality they deslike Goa for this reason they are not even protecting their ancestral lands, properties and houses. Liberating Goa further from Indian domination is a foolish propositon. If any one wants to protect and save Goa from further disaster he must campaign hard in Goan diaspora and tell them to save their ancestral properties and houses, purchase Goan lands in greater quantity otherwise there is no point in barking from outside Goa. I am also barking but to save Goa and because of the barking by persons like me in Kuwait and in Gulf in general Goa is partially saved from the claws of Maharastra. Statehood on Goa is a big solace at least. Otherwise with our traitors like Rane, Khalap and others in the original MGP cradle will allow Maharastra to swallow Goa. It is not an easy task to liberate Goa from Bharat. Goa is not Bangladesh where all East Bengalis were totally against Pakistan. In Goa now and earlier too majority community members preferred Bharati rule because they feel Bharat is more Hindu which is more acceptable to them. A Bharati is basically more communal even though outside he shows his different colours. In the present Bharat minorities will always have to live in fear. When Sardarjis were butchered in the aftermath of Indira Ghandis assassination, nothing happened. In Gujarat Modi instigated genocide perpetrated on innocent Muslims, still nothing happened. India is passing thru dark period and nature is watching everything. Surely either today or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, natural calamity will fall on India and Devine punishment will fall on India and that punishment will be such that no body will have to fight for his liberation from brute might of Bharat. Surely Bharat will split into pieces, either now or later however much I may deslike it but it will surely come because Bharat is ruled by brutes, rogues and crooks. To split Bharat you dont require Pakistan or Chinese Atomic bombs, one mighty Tsunami or mighty cruel havoc of flood as it is happening in USA is enough. But meantime, let us save Goan lands and properties by not parting them to others. Expatriate Goans must invest in Goan lands and save Goa from further deGoanisation. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait.
