I enjoyed reading Maria's below post is very sensible and thought provoking. Goans should realize that we ourselves are contributing to the destruction of Goa in our own different ways by inviting corrupt politicians, giving them importance, supporting them and voting for them for selfish personal gains, taking donations by way of sponsors and selling our ancestral property/land to outsiders/highest bidders. We surely cant have our cake and eat it too. We should practice what we preach. As regards her point of "I hope the Tourism Minister reads this column if published and uses this wake-up call to clean out these Ramanijingas once and for all just the way they have made rules for foreigners to stay off!" , I think will make no difference to him. They are too thick skinned and corrupt to see reason and it is like pouring water over a duck's back. Best wishes, Camilo Fernandes
From: "Maria" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] She cremated her hubby on her land to thwart Goa's miners Hi, I have read this news about Cheryl and how the Alemao clan can give a hard time to anyone specially GOANS and yet they have the gullible face to say that they will do anything to protect the right of Goans???? What are these people.... are they giving pep talk to their grand children???? I have attended two tiatrs in Dubai the latest being Mother's Day on 29th Sept wherein one of the singing performances had the ministers to be blamed for allowing 'Ramanijingas/ghuntis' into our territory and they had bill-boards showing the 'bhajiawala' digging his nose while doing the samosas; one using the water jug to serve water to the clients and using the same jug to do his services in some open area while the 3rd guy had his hands into his pants kneading his privates before kneading the dough... of course looking at these pictures we feel nauseated and a few of us who believe in hygiene will stop eating the roadside stuff - what about the illiterate/unable to afford good food ... people in Goa do??? You know what that gigantic Churchill Alemao does when he is asked to say a few words after giving away some cheap mementos to the organizing committee besides the theatrical members??? He says 'tiatr' cannot go on well unless the Ministers are insulted and people enjoy this but we have not asked you to buy bhajias and samosas from these roadside hawkers and he laughs his usual self like a pathetic gorilla. He did not grasp the concept that the song written was meant for the ministers to do something to preserve Goa and get rid of these hawkers and ramanijingas from our state and perhaps develop some security for the Goans by ensuring that these 'so-called tourists' do not overstay and encroach properties in Goa?? Anyways, he did not have his muscle-troupe with him to make him understand the concept rather make a fool of himself on stage just because he sponsored the tiatr with his under-the-table cash. Yet he decided to give Dhs.500/- to the singers of that particular song and the organizer had to shun him on stage as it is against UAE law to give money, which was a pitiful, disgusting sight! The previous occasion, he insulted one opposition party on stage asking him to confront him there - pathetic way of using a platform for his political issues - no class absolutely! Perhaps they need Cheryl's property for the mining activities and getting more ramanijingas so that the women folk at their residence can be entertained by these men while they are plotting and discriminating Goans, huh? I hope the Tourism Minister reads this column if published and uses this wake-up call to clean out these Ramanijingas once and for all just the way they have made rules for foreigners to stay off! Best regards, MARIA DO CEU P.O. Box 2246, Dubai, U.A.E. Tel: 00971 4 6085422
