When I said “enough is enough”, the thread continued. Now, let it run as long as it can. You have a choice to opt out. Possibly, you have nothing to add. I believe you were abroad and now in Goa, and so I would like to hear what contribution you did for the Goan community where you resided before moving to Goa.
Take it from me if you wish, there’s caste politics in GOA. The East Africans brought it from where they came from, be it Kenya, Mombassa, Uganda, to name just a few. With due respect, the East African Gosns played big roles in the initial stages of the formation of GOA. When I joined sometime in mid 80s and was invited by Zulema to join the executive committee, a Bombay friend asked me how I can get along with these East Africans. At that time, the GOA was ironically called Goans of Africa. I told my friend I don’t care and I can give back as much as I can take. One Bombay guy, whose wife was on the executive committee of a GOA, told me that these East African don’t ask which part of India or Goa are you when you meet them the first time but rather they ask which part of African one is from. I asked him at that party that I heard him tell one East African he is from Uganda and I, with him along with another East African Goan, heard him telll him that he’s from Kenya. I asked him why did he mention two different places, and he said that to create confusion. This guy came directly from Bombay, as me. I am surprised that gips has zipped up his mouth, and Vivian wants to shut this debate up. Where s Roland when his voice need to be heard? Thanks to Selma, his co-atheist, for giving him space on Goan Voice, UK, to write his stuff. I used to see it but didn't read the stuff. Selma, after all, was defacto editor of Goan Voice. I am all game for it to continue if there are guys here who want to shout me down. Like Clint Eastwood, I would say, “Go make my day.” I have written fearlessly, and I wish someone from the Steering Committee or someone who would speak on their behalf joins this fray. Fred can talk freely from Goa. I feel sorry that as a journalist he’s ignorant that muckrakers like Jack Anderson and Seymour Hersh, to name just won, won Pulitzer prizes for their journalism. As a weekly reader of the finest of American magazines, I now how some journalists are speaking the truth to power, that is to Trump. NO wonder Trump has recently again hit out at the media, saying, “really the media is the enemy of the people.” In his ignorance, Fred don’t know the difference between “ruckus”, “muckracking” and “opinion” or “reporting.” No wonder Rajan Narayan, former editor of OHeraldo and now of Goan Observer, noted that Fred has no qualities to be an editor. As far as I know, Fred acted as a “fill in” editor of OHeraldo when its then editor Ashwin Tombat went on holidays. This is nothing personal against Fred who, despite being the Modi of Goan cyberworld, is doing yeoman service to the online Goan community. I only wish he had more guts and fire in his veins. Vivian, you didn't attend the two conventions, and I hope you will attend the one which, I am told, is planned on the 50th anniversary of the first one. Let me tell you this that the Reflections event was a springboard to launch the next convention. Zulema wants to crown herself and maybe she's going to chair the committee for the 20th anniversary one. May I inform you that the NRI dept of Goa has stopped holding Goan conventions, which the one held in 2008 was under its mandate, when Dr. Mesquitta was its Commissioner. Since Vivian you are in Goa, check with the NRI dept. Eugene
