Dear Dr. Barad,
Please do tell us how much you contributed to the debate in CASH. Your oral
contribution at the debate, I have heard in person.
It was impossible to know "each and every thing about the debate, including the
sponsors before you could accept the MC position". All that was known to me was
that CI was organising it, Floriano would not pop in goa SuRaj Party, Prof.[?]
Madhav S.Kamat would be the Moderator, Sebastian Rodrigues would lead the FOR
team [if more persons turned up to speak] and Dr. Jayant Budkuley would speak
against [with anyone else who cared to join him] Floriano emailed the rules to
me on the day of the debate.
You gave me a slip of paper with your name and a note saying you are with Dr.
Budkuley. Then I got one from Dr. Aureliano Fernandes. Principal Newman
Fernandes and Dr. A.V. Afonso asked if it was essential to take sides FOR or
AGAINST. I asked Floriano and Prof MS Kamat if they could speak. Prof. MS Kamat
said they could speak last. Dr. Ajit Shirodkar joijed the neutral list. Then I
got the slips from Adv. Jatin Naik and Dr. Buqui D.Desai followed by Dr. Rafael
Fernandes.When everyone was seated on top, Prof. MS Kamat sprang a surprise by
inviting Dr. Narayan Desai to assist him as Asst. Moderator. Floriano, Dr.N.
Desai and I did not know of this arrangement.
One thing was obvious from the arrangement on the stage, it was the Hindu
Saraswat Brahmins versus the Rest debate. The Goa University was only
incidental to most speakers in the debate. Perhaps the reason for the debate
was expressed best after the debate by Dr.Budkuley to Godfrey Gonsalves ...it
was about Dr. P.Shivkumar's re-employment as Professor of CLAS by the VC. You
can see it in Godfrey's "sidelights" below the report.
It was impossible to know "each and every thing about the debate". Colleges
were invited to send their representative to debate the issue. There were no
responses. No one represented any college finally.
I did not know you and S.Kamat had used Floriano as a "human shield" to
disguise your agenda. I thought he was tilting at the GU windmills and
willingly agreed to play Sancho Panza.
There is nothing about GBA in this, so do not bring a "Proud to be Saraswat"
[as posted on Goanet a few months ago] GPA campaigner into the issue. The caste
divide was bad enough on the stage during the debate, to need being dragged
here again.
When agrees to be the MC at the wedding, one does not want to know who will pay
the bill of the caterer. All one needs to know is that there is a couple, with
or without the Best Man and Bride's Maid, a venue, sound system and the crowd.
If there is food, the MC announces when it is available. If there is a toast
master, heis announced, too. The MC does not even need to know whether the
father of the bride is married to her mother or not. ;-)
Please do tell us how much you contributed to the debate in CASH. It is of
academic interest. I have done my allotted task gratis. The debate was a
learning experience.
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:08:45 +0530
From: "Dr. U. G. Barad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Prof. M.S. Kamat - Mauvin Godinho and 'Pursuing
People's Dreams
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This is in reply to MIGuel BRAganza's message No 8, dated Sun, 3 August 2008
under subject tile as in above. In that message MIGuel writes -
I do hope the excess of expenditure over income/collection was underwritten by
IITian S. Kamat and Dr. U.G. Barad who motivated you. One played truant, the
other used the platform.
you being the MC at the ever first debate initiated by Citizens Initiative
should have known each and every thing about the debate, including the sponsors
before you could accept the MC position!
As for sponsorship, you can ask Floriano how much I contributed. I don't
know about S. Kamat. If Floriano does not answer this question I will
answer this question to Goanet.
Best regards,
Dr. U. G. Barad
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