Some part of Goa still looks like HEAVEN , thanks to Cheryl D'souza and ALL supporters whose blood group is definitely GOA+ (positive) for they love PARADISE( Nature- trees, fields, hills, mountains, seas) Its sad to read from Cheryl's life story that some spiritual leaders are teaming up with the GOA-ve (Negative)blood group team who has made Goa look like HELL by destroying nature to accommodate megaprojects, illegal mining, allowing foreigners(Russians et all) to buy land & built restaurants where Goans are banned, etc... Our wishes, support, prayers for Cheryl D’Souza & ALL supporters. Regards Mario > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 15:55:59 +0530 > From: "floriano" <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, Godfrey Pereira <[email protected]>, > [email protected], Bevinda Collaco <[email protected]>, > Goenchim Xapotam <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected], canada goans > <[email protected]>, [email protected], Hartman de Souza > <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] WHOM WILL YOU HANG, MR CHIEF MINISTER? > Message-ID: <EA5D83D7598B4A9180DAC648B3254D8F@home> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > Exactly so, Rico. > > Yesterday, I made it a point to visit Caurem along with Adv. Antonio Lobo, > to shake hands with the agitating women ( including Cheryl D'Souza) of > Aguada jail fame of the past and to congratulate them on their anti-mining > stand. > > At Quepem, we were misdirected and in the bargain we landed up proceeding > to Curchorem-Sanguen instead of Caurem. > What we experienced has shocked us to our toes. Normal road traffic is not > possible with hundreds of laden truck proceeding towards Sanguem and empty > ones returning to the mines. Other vehicles must zoom in an out between the > trucks whenever opportunity is available. > This is not a traffic problem. > This is a human rights problem. > Ordinary life is paralysed totally and completely. > POOR THEM. > Being the core members of the GRA as well as of the GSRP, we feel that we > must do something terrible to avert human tragedy in this area. > > Then we visited Maina in Caurem, the home to Cheryl D'Souza on a farm stead > of 240 acres nesting between beautiful green hills after shaking hands with > the motley group of women still on daily protests. > > Cheryl poured out her life story to us, about how friends have turned foes, > how even spiritual leaders have turned their backs on this trio - the old > and ailing mother ( who is also of Aguada face), the woman with guts of > brass and her teenage school going girl who was forced to learn karate and > judo as part of her survival lessons. Their only safety is their ferocious > dogs. > > A tour of the farm was invigorating. Cheryls hubby died of fence > electricution at the age of 35 something when they, according to her, had > just paid off the loans on this farm. Tony's body is cremated on the > grounds, she says, and that is my resolve not to sell this iron ore laden > ( 60+ grade) estate which is in the eye of the Goa ministers, the Alemaos. > They want me to sell, she says. This will only happen over my dead body, > she shouts. > > A hot cup of tea to go with the life story was what made us both more > patriotic than what we were. Cheryl is one hundered per cent GOAN and she is > ferrociously defending her rights to live a quiet peaceful life of hard work > and prosper. I don't want the multi crores that these punks are offering me. > They will get this land only over my dead dead body, she says. > > Meantime, she showed us the vegetables she is growing besides the various > fruits including heavily laden mango tree grafts. My only problem is the > hordes of monkeys which are displaced from around the mining areas. > > She markets her produncts at a distant Varca on every day basis which > includes mouth watering pickles. > > We have taken her offer to spend a week- end with her on this sprawling > farm, the only place in God's heaven when the sorrounding is gone to dogs > (including the very road she has to travel on daily basis) with > indiscriminate mining going on. I have to change the tyres of my vehicles > every 2 to 3 months, she says. > > The parting piece she tells us is that, 'IF I SELL, ALL 3 SIDES SURROUND MY > ESTATE ARE GOING TO EXPLODE INTO IRREVERSIBLE MINING THAT WILL BE THE END OF > GOA AND GOANS. > > We have parted advising her to keep her guns loaded and to check the live > status of the bullets in the belts. > > Cheers > floriano > goasuraj/GRA > 9890470896 > www.goasu-raj.org
