Re: [Goanet] THE COMBAT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICE MUST NEVER STOP

[Roland Francis]

Aires, we cannot thank you enough.
Eddie is right to notice that we on Goanet have held back too long in 
acknowledging your effort to clean the mess that is Goa.

You are right to say that it is an ongoing battle. You have had the courage not 
to be intimidated with a thousand pressures and with physical violence. 

Yes, Eddie is correct in reasoning that we Goans are too lethargic, expecting 
someone else to do what needs to be done, or too cowardly to face up to the 
challenges of fighting injustice.

Outside of Goa we can only wish that more people in Goa, true to themselves, 
will provide you the support that you may look forward to and welcome. 

Let truth and the good of Goa always prevail.

Roland 
Toronto.

Re: [Goanet] THE COMBAT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICE MUST NEVER STOP

[BT Yahoo Mail]

You are doing great work, Aires and surely have the support of all people of 
goodwill.What is saddening is so few GoaNet members compliment you or even 
refer to the various issues you've been probing.
I can guess two reasons: 
1) indifference (Goenkar trait, also called susegado?)2) fear of the ruthless 
BJP who rule Goa & have apparently ushered in Hindu Rashtra
But do carry on regardless.
Eddie 

On Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 7:39, Aires Rodrigues  
wrote:
 

 For the last over 40 years raising issues against the illegalities of
successive governments has not been an easy task. Truth hurts but it is
only truth that will always ultimately prevail. On the issues that I have
raised for decades it has been the wrong doings of those in power
regardless of which party has been ruling. During the Congress regime I was
branded as a BJP man, now the BJP may feel the reverse.

I have had nothing personal against anyone about whom I have raised issues
over the years. But when highlighting an issue, it is bound to hurt some
individuals. Have I hurt one too many? One has to have the spine to speak
out against anything that is wrong. People do advise me to take extra
precautions but this I shall not do! I have always led the life of a common
man. I have been attacked many a times, but as the Sufi mystic Kabir said
“Jakorakhe Sai, maar sake na koi” (None can harm him who is looked after by
higher Powers). The dedicated prayers and the abundant love showered by the
common men is what keeps me going. My fans and well wishers across Goa and
around the world are my source of inspiration.

We should never ever compromise or surrender our fundamental right to speak
out openly and candidly against anything that is wrong. Let us never
hesitate in taking the bull by the horn. The cancer of corruption, nepotism
and bad governance in Goa needs to be publicly exposed and acknowledged.
Then the resulting suppurating wound needs to be excised and treated for
the country to be healed and move Forward.

It has and will always be my very firm resolve with added vigour to carry
on highlighting any injustice, corruption and nepotism. Nothing shall deter
me and my commitment in this regard. In fighting injustice one faces a
backlash and more seriously the risk of an attempt on one’s life. Over the
years of fighting against injustice, nobody has been able to intimidate me.
I have never been cowed down by any threats of consequences that I have had
to face for speaking out fearlessly and taking on the powerful and mighty
over a wide range of issues. Even that heinous attempt on my life did not
cow me down but only made me stronger and emboldened my resolve to stand up
against the powers to be.

We need to maintain the spirit and keep on fighting. Life is a very short
voyage, a journey, the end of which we know not. So let’s keep up the
fight. We owe it to Goa, or else posterity may never forgive us for having
silently allowed our once beautiful State to just fester and wither away.

May the care, concern and compassion of every Goan wherever he or she is be
always for Goa.We will all one day depart but our Goa must live. And when
we do have to depart, it should be with a proud sense of accomplishment of
at least having attempted to do something little for our Goa, once the
Paradise of the East. In death, one may be physically gone, but the spirit
will always be around to witness that glorious day when Goa will be truly
liberated from injustice, corruption and nepotism, all sadly a way of life
today.

In the words of Robert Kennedy “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or
acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he
sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million
different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that
down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance”.



Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

                        Or

          airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


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[Goanet] THE COMBAT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICE MUST NEVER STOP

[Aires Rodrigues]

For the last over 40 years raising issues against the illegalities of
successive governments has not been an easy task. Truth hurts but it is
only truth that will always ultimately prevail. On the issues that I have
raised for decades it has been the wrong doings of those in power
regardless of which party has been ruling. During the Congress regime I was
branded as a BJP man, now the BJP may feel the reverse.

I have had nothing personal against anyone about whom I have raised issues
over the years. But when highlighting an issue, it is bound to hurt some
individuals. Have I hurt one too many? One has to have the spine to speak
out against anything that is wrong. People do advise me to take extra
precautions but this I shall not do! I have always led the life of a common
man. I have been attacked many a times, but as the Sufi mystic Kabir said
“Jakorakhe Sai, maar sake na koi” (None can harm him who is looked after by
higher Powers). The dedicated prayers and the abundant love showered by the
common men is what keeps me going. My fans and well wishers across Goa and
around the world are my source of inspiration.

We should never ever compromise or surrender our fundamental right to speak
out openly and candidly against anything that is wrong. Let us never
hesitate in taking the bull by the horn. The cancer of corruption, nepotism
and bad governance in Goa needs to be publicly exposed and acknowledged.
Then the resulting suppurating wound needs to be excised and treated for
the country to be healed and move Forward.

It has and will always be my very firm resolve with added vigour to carry
on highlighting any injustice, corruption and nepotism. Nothing shall deter
me and my commitment in this regard. In fighting injustice one faces a
backlash and more seriously the risk of an attempt on one’s life. Over the
years of fighting against injustice, nobody has been able to intimidate me.
I have never been cowed down by any threats of consequences that I have had
to face for speaking out fearlessly and taking on the powerful and mighty
over a wide range of issues. Even that heinous attempt on my life did not
cow me down but only made me stronger and emboldened my resolve to stand up
against the powers to be.

We need to maintain the spirit and keep on fighting. Life is a very short
voyage, a journey, the end of which we know not. So let’s keep up the
fight. We owe it to Goa, or else posterity may never forgive us for having
silently allowed our once beautiful State to just fester and wither away.

May the care, concern and compassion of every Goan wherever he or she is be
always for Goa.We will all one day depart but our Goa must live. And when
we do have to depart, it should be with a proud sense of accomplishment of
at least having attempted to do something little for our Goa, once the
Paradise of the East. In death, one may be physically gone, but the spirit
will always be around to witness that glorious day when Goa will be truly
liberated from injustice, corruption and nepotism, all sadly a way of life
today.

In the words of Robert Kennedy “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or
acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he
sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million
different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that
down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance”.



Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com