Statue for Dr. Jack de Sequeira.
These days lot of statements is made in support of erecting of a statue of
the late Dr. Jack Sequeira who is called the father of Opinion Poll. It is
a good suggestion but who will bell the cat? Is it the Congress Government
headed by Pratapshing Rane? Never. Rane having been brought up in the
cradle of MGP in Goa under Dayananda Bandodkar will never opt nor support
the building of a statue of Dr. Sequeira because supporting this view means
Rane going against the wishes of MGP which supported merger. Ranes MGP that
time dubbed Christians who in an overwhelming majority opposed merger of Goa
with the land of Shivaji as anti-Indian and they as MGP as pro-Indians. Who
else will support this move in the Goa Government? According to me, nobody.
The only hope we had from our supporters during the Opinion Poll is also
dashed away when as former Chief Ministers of Goa namely Francisco Sardinha,
Dr. Willfred DSouza, Dr. Proto Barbosa, Churchill Alemao and Luizinho
Faleiro totally ignored the father of Opinion Poll during their governance.
BJP and others are also not interested in Jack de Sequeira because BJP under
Parrikar a RSS man will not support keeping alive the memory of a Christian,
Dr. Jack de Sequeira. Besides this, there is not even a single MLA in Goa
Legislative Assembly during last so many years to raise his or her voice in
the House for the erection of Dr. Sequeiras statue. If the above mentioned
chief ministers and others enjoyed the political privileges and political
positions in Goa they must know that they owe a lot to Dr. Sequeira. When I
see the monument of Dayananda Bandodkar in Panjim and in Calangute I see him
not as the first Chief Minister of Goa but I see him and tell others also
especially the young generation that this was the man who betrayed Goa and
Goans with a Judas Kiss, I tell everyone that this was the man who wanted to
liquidate the identity of Goa, Goans, its language, culture, history and
tradition. When I see Bandodkars monument in Goa I see it with hatred
exactly the way the Goan freedom fighters used to see with hatred the
monument of Afonso de Albuquerque at Azad Maidan in Panjim. Both were
traitors, one colonized Goa and the other volunteered to sell Goa.
Ultimately both failed in their missions. Albuquerque failed to make Goa a
Portuguese territory permanently and Bandodkar failed to make Goa a
territory of Maharastra permanently. Because he was traitor the Monument of
Afonso de Albuquerque was removed from Panjim but surprisingly the Monuments
of Bandodkar is still intact. I am sure the next generation of Goans who are
going to feel the greater pinch of degoanisation process, out of revenge and
frustration will surely uproot Bandodkars Monument.
In the light of what I said above I feel some very sincere and dedicated
persons in Goa who worked tirelessly for the victory of Opinion Poll should
come forward and make a committee to raise funds for the building of a
monument of Dr. Jack de Sequeira. Goans in Goa and abroad who subscribe to
this idea are not beggars, they will surely support this move with their
financial backing but the persons who are coming forward for this cause
should be sincere and dedicated. The plot and place in Panjim can be
selected with the help of any well wisher of Opinion Poll or well wisher of
Dr. Jack de Sequeira. There are many in Panjim including the relatives of
Dr. Jack de Sequeira who will volunteer for this cause. Dr. Jack de
Sequeira worked for the good of Goa and Goans and as such Goans should do
something for him in turn and I think Goans are duty bound to do this.
In Agacaim, Ilhas, in the Church compound in front of the Church of St.
Lorenco while passing on the main road you can see a statue of Konkani
Martyrs erected by the people of Agacaim, main funds coming from Kuwait. If
this issue of erecting Konkani Martyrs statue was left into the hands of Goa
Government and our Ministers and MLAs who supported Konkani and Statehood, I
am sure nothing would happen because those whom we call amche are no more
ours, they forget our causes once they are elected in the Assembly. Once
they are elected they become cowards, crooks and Bamtte for this reason
our causes are suffering.
Above I said sincere and dedicated persons should come forward and make a
committee to raise funds for the erection of Dr. Jack de Sequeiras statue
because in the past we had a very bitter experience of relying unknowingly
on chor & bamtte who duped us of our money we raised to crate funds for so
many good causes of Goa. For example, for Konkani Novem Goem Daily Paper we
from Kuwait itself donated about 5 lakhs of rupees and yet it failed. Why?
Because the persons who initiated and handled this move Gurunath Kelekar,
Christopher Fonseca, Dr. Rebello and others were not sincere and dedicated
persons. They had different motives in their minds which they wanted to
fulfill thru Konkani movement. For Cancer Hospital we donated about 15 - 20
lakhs and yet there is no Cancer Hospital of Goans. Where our money gone?
Is it gone into the coffers of Manipal Hospital or into the pockets of those
who originated this idea? These are the only two examples which make us
more concerned and extremely alert in collecting funds for any good cause of
Goa. For this reason, those who are willing to come forward for the cause
of Dr. Jack de Sequeiras statue, they should be of clean record, sincere
and dedicated. For example, Fr. Freddy embarked on collecting funds for the
construction of a Church at Bambolim. The results was positive. It must be
like this.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
