OOPS, I did slip from goajourno to goanet. Thanks Fred for bringing this to light.
I think it must be Yuri the first man in space. I doubt if the family would name someone after a Russian communist. It would be good if any goanetter from Varca or the surrounding villages can confirm it. In the piece I had written that I used to see Churchill at the Bastani Restaurant when he stayed in the Varca club when he was a seamen. When the piece appeared in The PULSE of the GOA, in Toronto, it was none other than our dear Aires who informed Churchill that I have insulted him. I was told that Churchill was angry with me. Then I explained to his freind in Toronto that what I wrote are facts and nothing to show him in bad light. I had Aires just once or maybe twice then. He was upto his tricks then and he has continued to do so till today. He always wanted to be in the good books of politicians and he often fell out with them. That reminds me, wasn't Aires a speaker at one of the candidates meeting? I don;t remember the name of the candidate nor do I remember which party he belonged to. This came to my mind when he was complained after Govind Parvatkar of the BJP (Porvorim Constituency). Now he is after Eduardo Faleiro and Ramakant Khalap even before the new government is sworn in and takes vital decisions on those who were political appointees. Faleiro has done a good job despite the criticism from Aires and to some extent from me. I wanted the government to have this NRI meet every two years so as to save government money. I have nothing personal against Faleiro. I wish that the BJP government evaluates his work and make a decision either to keep the Commissioner's Post and then if Faleiro is to be retained or someone new appointed in his place. I don't care much about the chairmanship of the Law Commission. Whether Khalap stays or goes is immaterial to me and maybe to lot of Goans. Let the ball start rolling, or let the axe falls where it may. Eugene --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------