Everything that was said here and elsewhere is obviously "laughing matter" for you. Nobody would deny you the right to laugh aloud. I hope no F-word fell out of your loud mouth when you laughed. You intemperance in dealing with some of the criticism of the convention and in sending a reply to a goanetter on another issue is obviously showing. Oh, Saxttikan, it is time for you to dance the fugdi with your gharo flying in all directions. Before sending your reply, you did a good thing by checking with the NRI Commissioner and the GOA UK President, for you have indeed become the handmaiden of these two persons. As part of the organising committee, I did expect you to hold your fort. I remember sending a piece to two Goa papers but not aware if the piece appeared. I would be glad if you can let me know where the piece appeared and exactly what the quote is. You woke up so late from your siesta to let me know about the quote? Sleeping Selma, I wish you had brought to my notice the "misquote" earlier and I would have made an attempt to send a correction to the paper where it appeared. At least I know what the history of the Goan conventions are so I don't need you to tell me that it was an NRI event. Some of the goanetters and some dissenting members of the GOA UK perhaps feel it was a "party" and they have a right to say so. As for the Pakistani Goans visa case, I have said here that the Ministry of External Affairs was seized of the matter for a long time and maybe the issue raised again at the London convention nudged the NRI Commissioner to force the MEA for a response. It is good that you declared the convention a success. I don't look at conventions if they are successful or not but what Goans in general have gained from it. You are not an independent judge to say if the convention is a success or not. And Selma, I was not treated for mental illness. You could be a crazy woman who has now suddenly sprung out of the box to defend what you feel are spurious charges. I suggest you take more of the "laughing pills" and laugh yourself to glory. Success sometimes goes to the head.
Eugene Correia
