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* * * 2006 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * *
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WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 21, 2006 @ 4:00pm
More info:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-December/051398.html
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Hi Valmiki,
Two questions:
1. Was Yetale or anyone brought to justice?
2. Who was Floriano's family - was he married, children and what is the current
state of the
family?
Regards,
George
--- Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A LIFE FOR Rs.50,000/-
By Valmiki Faleiro
But Yetale was under orders. A message needed to be sent to agitators across
Goa.
Without any other cause, Yetale ordered the CRPF men to fire. The young man
actually ducked some shots, even if a single 7.62 mm calibre, 5.4 cms long
bullet, on
his abdomen, sufficed, from the dozens of surrounding Self-Loading rifles.
Umesh, the
other youngster, was luckier: he escaped a medium-distance volley from obviously
badly trained marksmen, as he zigzagged across the paddies for dear life.
They rained fire into the air and on the ground near themselves, to keep the
outraged
folks at bay, as they beat a quick retreat. Neighbours rushed the heap of
bleeding, torn
flesh, now in its last few gasps, to Hospicio. Floriano Vaz was history before
he got
there. The tears of the small OBC community of Gogol that bright but black
afternoon
were not in vain.
The leaders rushed promises to Florianos family. We will erect his statue,
said one.
We will name a road after him, vowed another. We will deliver Konknni in Romi
script,
promised yet another. Empty words. Cheats. I know. I was the Margao Municipal
President then. All they delivered was Rs.50,000/- from contributions of Goans
worldwide like the Kuwait Konkani Kendr. How much was pocketed from what came
from overseas only heaven will know.
