Dear Selma,
Reference to your original post 'Open letter to Goan Catholics', I thought
I saw acute sarcasm there. Therefore my reply.
Since the thread continues, I detect acute 'paranoia' instead of sarcasm,
which is very undesirable for Goa and Goans.
There was a time when the who is who in Goa (prominent Goans) came to terms
with Gujarat's 'Godra', when we heard remarks like " Goa is Goa", Godras
cannot happen in Goa. But that laisez faire attitude was jolted with the
Curchorem-Savordem riots.
There was a special meet called by the secular goans at the TB Cunha hall
post Curchorem-Savordem riots in order to find ways and meams to heal the
wounds created by those riots- the first of its kind in Goa (I mean riots).
When late Ulhas Buyao took the mike, he was going into the cause of the
riots. But he was stopped short by Aurora Couto explaining that this meet
was not to go into the cause of the riots but to help the victims. That is
when I stood up and let Aurora Couto have it to the extent that I accused
her of trying to powder the boil which has surfaced and oozing ,
superficially instead of getting to the roots to find out why the boil is
there in the first place. What happened later was history which I have
already talked about on many occasions.
What is happening in Goa, as in the rest of India, is nothing but a COMUNNAL
MASTER MIND at work directly related to RSS-BJP in Goa on the one side and
the Maha appeasement of the illegal vote-bank on the other by the CONGRESS.
Both these guys are eying the seat of power for their common goal...... to
loot Goa. Advani showed the way that by destroying the Babri Masjid, he
could bring the BJP to power. They want to repeat the scene since these
people have nothing else in its place. Just the hollow, resounding tin -pot.
The solution is simple. Throw both these guys out from the soil of Goa,
and there, everything will be alright, automatically.
There are many who will be incensed with what I have said above. But the
fact remains a fact. Our temples are getting desecrated. This is the sign of
the impatience for the out of power RSS-BJP. I would first look at the
RSS-BJP angle before taking pot shot elsewhere. Goa has never seen any place
of worship desecrated before in the more recent past. Why only now? And, the
eve teasing scene etc. is just the excuse for giving vent to the impatience
of being out of power for the BJP and its allies. And the equally communal
and corrupt Congress is cosying up to it to consolidate its vote-bank
galore.
Selma, do not exhort Goans to flee Goa. They do not want to. They will
remain firmly rooted in Goa and see the end of these two charlatans from
Delhi along with their accomplices who are fishing in the murky waters left
behind by these two. Goans shall not be taken for a ride, even if there may
be a handful of them, the bonafide and true to the word GOAN.
floriano
goasuraj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: [Goanet] The Swords are a dangerous precedent
My dear fellow Goans. Two days ago I made a perhaps shocking post urging
Goan Catholics to leave Goa. Now, let explain why I am so alarmed. There
are times in our lives, when even the most secular of us cannot find hope
in India. What little hope was left in me has dissipated reading some of
the emails that have cropped up on Goanet.
The swords are an extremely dangerous precedent. Tensions are already high
in Goa. There is a virulent fear that we are being over-run by migrants.
There are a number of extremist groups operating on both sides of the
aisle. I hope and pray that another Gujarat is not in the offing in Goa.
My fear is this :the next time, a pretense such as "eve-teasing", a term
coined wholly by Indians and used only in the Indian subcontinent, to
spark off a communal riot, then rest assured someone will spot a sword
being wielded in the crowds. Whether this sword is real, mythical or the
figment of someone's alcohol-fueled imagination will be the debate only
after mass mayhem has ensued as a result of this sighting. Like I said
there is always the hope that things will change in Goa and India, but
that hope grows more distant everyday.
selma
