30th. July was a raining cats and dogs day. I had the Mandovi Hotel Book Release function of Dr. Jose Pereira to attend.
But I sacrificed the same to be present at the far removed Cansaulim GBA meet because of two reasons:- One being that I had accepted the email invitation by Roger D'Souza to be present at the Cansaulim GBA meet , and two, because I had an unpleasant conversation with Mathany Saldanha the previous evening when he had told me that he will never be around where GBA is. I wanted to defy him, Cansaulim being his home port/fort. I and Dr. Dumo ( President GSRP) were one of the early birds to arrive at the Cansaulim panchayat hall. It was our pleasure to meet with Orlando D'Silva, the anti-Carmona Mega Project leader and many other charismatic activist leaders including Ms. Diana Pinto of police brutality at the Secretariat, Porvorim, not too long ago. It was a pleasure hearing from her commendations for standing up to the HJS at XCHR, Porvorim. The meet started late at around past 7 p.m. Had enough time to take some shots, listen to the encouraging 'welcome speech' by Ms. Maria Mecla D'Silva, who in short, gave the gist of what was ailing our Goa and its indifferent peoples. Next was the wholesome and interesting address by Dr. Marconi Correia. He took the audience on a horrible ride of what is happening to niz-goenkars like him, soon to be strangers in their own birth place which is also the birth place of T.B. Cunha. The 5 minutes lights outing gave me the opportunity to approach Dr. Marconi and present to him the printed file of GSRP's Presentation. Naturally, he commented that he had read about the Dr. Oscar Rebello vis a vis GSRP episode on the newspapers. It was again, a pleasure to sit besides Ms. Maria Mecla D'Silva and hand over to her copies of my pet project "The Panel System of Elections of Panchayats and Municipal Councils" which 6 page article is yet to be publicized and which forms the core for good governance at the grass-roots levels, indifferent to 'partisan' politics which has made the entire 'people's movement towards self-governance rotten to the core thro' partisan political interference and invasion. Had to leave early, while Mr. Aravind Bhatikar was at the mike. Fr. Maverick Fernandes of CSJP whose presense was anxiously awaited had not turned up yet. The experience was nevertheless, most exhilarating, thanks to Roger D'Souza. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org for expanded scrolling party presentation on the home page. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is not ENOUGH that GOOD, HONEST citizens contest elections. It is not ENOUGH that GOOD, HONEST citizen voters elect good, honest representatives. GOA urgently needs 'GOOD, HONEST, DISCIPLINED SYSTEM of GOVERNANCE'. Wherein, even a dishonest person is forced to be good, honest n disciplined, or to QUIT. Only through PPS can such 'good, honest n disciplined system of governance' be identified and accepted. PPS GOA =PEOPLE for POLITICAL SANITY = PEOPLE'S POWER SYSTEM for a date in 2012 Display the 'PPS' sticker on your vehicle today, to reject political madness tomorrow. * * * Encounter hints (and more) of the Goan life in Zanzibar, Poona, Mombasa, Basra, Dubai, and even Nuvem and Colva, Sanvordem and colonial Goa. Learn of experiences that shaped Goans worldwide. Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* now available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Ask a friend to buy it, before it gets sold out. Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
