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Let Us Be The Torch Bearers of Peace And Brotherhood
16th October 2009 was indeed a dark day for Goa and Goans, as home grown
radicals from a right wing group took upon themselves to teach a lesson to
Goans who celebrated the immolation of evil by setting alight the effigies of
"Narkasur", on the eve of "Diwali" the festival of lights as it is called, only
because the radicals thought Goans were glorifying evil by burning the effigies
of "Narkasur". The symbolism itself is more than appropriate for the
celebrations of victory of "good" over "evil".
In India we unite in our diverse cultures, traditions and celebrations. This
religious ritual or tradition has been followed for centuries not just in Goa
but all over India and people of all walks of life and religions take part in
this celebration, as most celebrations tend to unite our nation but today the
seditious belief of these imprudent guys who think it is glorification of evil,
are surely emanating distorted ideas and ideologies, trying to force their own
idiocies on others to promote their own personal and organizational agendas.
It's been two years since the attempted bomb blast in Goa, no doubt Goans were
very luck to come out of it unscratched and intact as the two "vultures of
death" were slain by their own evil, even before they could enact their hideous
plan and design to fulfill the age old adage "evil comes to those who seek
evil", but unfortunately, to the frustrations of the people, the "Satan" behind
the satanic "sanstha" has not been unmasked. We certainly have to be eternally
grateful to our Gods who have protected us thus far.
Terror does not owe allegiance to any faith, religion, caste, creed or status,
except to its own perverted and obscene creed which thrives on the massacre of
innocents. The dynamics of terror are based on the twisted logic of obsession,
hatred and fear of the propagators as well as the spawns of terror, each
intertwined to the others, each feeding of the other's insatiable lust.
Whatever prefixes or suffixes the terrorists attach to themselves, the real
enemy is humanity and the civil society and we have all seen around us the
inevitability tragedy when, left unchecked, how terror consumes itself and
everything else in its periphery.
In Goa most of the criminal elements and organizations have survived and
thrived only because of the elementary support and patronage of our politicians
and political parties. The link between the alleged criminal organization, the
two "vultures of death" and politicians was established but as usual no action
has been taken against the organization nor the politicians as the justice
sought, has been delayed and hence denied, which is nothing new in Goa because
the elite politicians and elite organizations have never ever been convicted in
Goa as they think and act like they are all above the law or law unto
themselves.
We are living in the 21st century and we are a democracy, where we have
judiciary to give justice to the aggrieved people and the security services to
protect the oppressed people, provided through the Constitution of India but
unfortunately in Goa our constitutional rights are suppressed by the very
people elected to uphold them, as nepotism and corruption takes precedence over
state security and good governance and we have been victims of their skewed
agendas on a number of occasions as they have failed time and again to take
punitive actions against the perpetrators terror and bigotry.
Today as we gather to celebrate the victory of good over evil, let it not be
just a ritual but let us all in earnest torch the evil within us and illuminate
and emanate the goodness, charity, honesty, integrity and truth within us and
persevere to be the torch bearers of peace and brotherhood and at the same time
take a pledge to elect honest and able people who will work for the well being
of Goa and Goans.
Happy Diwali to All
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
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