[Goanet] WHEN HISTORY GOT FORGOTTEN BY KONKNNI MERGERISTS
Tuesday the 6th of April 2011 is a Black Day for the Konkani World when certain disguised communal konknni mergerists decided to marry the well known communal marathiwadis at the Azad Maidan to entertain themselves in an orgy of christian bashing. The then Convenor of Konkni Porjecho Avaz Shri Pundalik Naik and Uday Bhembre, the then little known before the KPA just like the GBA's Oscar, were carried overboard by their communal passions and seemed to have conveniently forgotten history of the Konknni movement. And so were the N. Shivdas and Ramesh Verluskar elements who taught and retired from teaching in then diocesan English medium schools managed by the very nuns and priests that their counterparts chose to abuse. We did not miss the spectacular sight of the exchanges between President of the Konknni Basha Mandal and the leaders of name plaque smashers of Fontainhas and the intruders into the Bishop's House during the Parrikar regime. They suffered a stroke of dementia and did not recall that the very mergerists before them were not there 25 years ago to fill the grounds of Azad Maidan and swell the numbers to gherao the Government Secretariat in Panjim. They failed to recollect in their bout of blindness from communal passion that the very nuns and priests with their Cristao followers they swear against now were the very ones that saved face for the ungrateful Pundalik Naik and his band of konknniwadis. It was not a Prashant or a Bhatikar that laid down their life for konkani, but a young Cristao called Floriano Vaz who probably never knew that 'Konkani' meant 'Konknni in the devanagiri script'. These mergerists who today bark about 'Goan sanskruuti' at Azad Maidan perhaps chose to forget that the very Cristaos they seek to persecute were far-sighted enough 43 years ago to oppose a merger with Maharashtra, when compared to their short-sighted communal mergerists who assembled at Azad Maidan today. Interestingly they have no problem with government aid for Kannada, Gujarati and Urdu government primary education. But 25 years later the shameless Cristaos of Goa are being given lessons on patriotism and nationalism by a bunch of diguised communal mergerists who hide behind masks of konknni patriotism. If other Cristaos are so foolish as to not see the disguised communal colours in a secular gown, we are definitely not. And for those who claim that Goa is a paradise of communal harmony, sorry it is no more. It is only that the venomous cocktail has not exploded yet. We thank God for the medium of instruction issue for it has helped publicly expose the weed from the corn. We are not at all surpised by these mercenaries because we had encountered them during the GBA experience. It was the gullible Goan who gets emotionally charged with no reason that needed to know the true colours. While we respect the right of every citizen to dissent, we have contempt for those who distort and communalise issues for their personal gains. And hopefully the Goan Cristao will not forget this part of history so as to offer himself or herself in the future for the pleasures of the communal mergerists and be repeatedly used as a door mat to protect Goa when convenient only to be later dubbed as anti-national and denationalised. But we will surely be there in future to remind these konknni fundamentalists of Goa's history at the most unexpected moments. My kith and kin will be reminded of this story of this mega treachery by the disguised communal konknni mergerists so that they may be wise enough to make the same blunders that we committed. And for us, this is going to spell the death of the konkani language. May God save Goa from the communal Konknni mergerists! -Soter
Re: [Goanet] WHEN HISTORY GOT FORGOTTEN BY KONKNNI MERGERISTS
A brilliant analysis. Well done, Soter! v - Original Message - From: SOTER so...@bsnl.in To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:07 AM Subject: [Goanet] WHEN HISTORY GOT FORGOTTEN BY KONKNNI MERGERISTS Tuesday the 6th of April 2011 is a Black Day for the Konkani World when certain disguised communal konknni mergerists decided to marry the well known communal marathiwadis at the Azad Maidan to entertain themselves in an orgy of christian bashing. The then Convenor of Konkni Porjecho Avaz Shri Pundalik Naik and Uday Bhembre, the then little known before the KPA just like the GBA's Oscar, were carried overboard by their communal passions and seemed to have conveniently forgotten history of the Konknni movement. And so were the N. Shivdas and Ramesh Verluskar elements who taught and retired from teaching in then diocesan English medium schools managed by the very nuns and priests that their counterparts chose to abuse. We did not miss the spectacular sight of the exchanges between President of the Konknni Basha Mandal and the leaders of name plaque smashers of Fontainhas and the intruders into the Bishop's House during the Parrikar regime. They suffered a stroke of dementia and did not recall that the very mergerists before them were not there 25 years ago to fill the grounds of Azad Maidan and swell the numbers to gherao the Government Secretariat in Panjim. They failed to recollect in their bout of blindness from communal passion that the very nuns and priests with their Cristao followers they swear against now were the very ones that saved face for the ungrateful Pundalik Naik and his band of konknniwadis. It was not a Prashant or a Bhatikar that laid down their life for konkani, but a young Cristao called Floriano Vaz who probably never knew that 'Konkani' meant 'Konknni in the devanagiri script'. These mergerists who today bark about 'Goan sanskruuti' at Azad Maidan perhaps chose to forget that the very Cristaos they seek to persecute were far-sighted enough 43 years ago to oppose a merger with Maharashtra, when compared to their short-sighted communal mergerists who assembled at Azad Maidan today. Interestingly they have no problem with government aid for Kannada, Gujarati and Urdu government primary education. But 25 years later the shameless Cristaos of Goa are being given lessons on patriotism and nationalism by a bunch of diguised communal mergerists who hide behind masks of konknni patriotism. If other Cristaos are so foolish as to not see the disguised communal colours in a secular gown, we are definitely not. And for those who claim that Goa is a paradise of communal harmony, sorry it is no more. It is only that the venomous cocktail has not exploded yet. We thank God for the medium of instruction issue for it has helped publicly expose the weed from the corn. We are not at all surpised by these mercenaries because we had encountered them during the GBA experience. It was the gullible Goan who gets emotionally charged with no reason that needed to know the true colours. While we respect the right of every citizen to dissent, we have contempt for those who distort and communalise issues for their personal gains. And hopefully the Goan Cristao will not forget this part of history so as to offer himself or herself in the future for the pleasures of the communal mergerists and be repeatedly used as a door mat to protect Goa when convenient only to be later dubbed as anti-national and denationalised. But we will surely be there in future to remind these konknni fundamentalists of Goa's history at the most unexpected moments. My kith and kin will be reminded of this story of this mega treachery by the disguised communal konknni mergerists so that they may be wise enough to make the same blunders that we committed. And for us, this is going to spell the death of the konkani language. May God save Goa from the communal Konknni mergerists! -Soter
Re: [Goanet] When History got Forgotten by Konknni Mergerists
Please permit us to congratulate Mr Soter Dsouza for his inteprid writing on this issue, and also may we point out that in India, that is Bharat the Constitution of India is the SUPREME DOCUMENT on which the POLITY of India is based, supported and sustained. The Form of Oath taken by Officers of the Armed Forces of India on being commissioned is to the Constitution of India and not to the President or Prime Minister or the Chief Justice or Governor or to any other person. The said Oath goes along the following lines I.. do hereby swear in the name of God (most solemnly affirm in case of those who wish to do so) that I shall bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India, as by law established and that I shall protect and defend the sovereignty and integrity of India, even to the peril of my life Is it any wonder then that the Armed Forces of India have continued to remain loyal to the Constitution of India and unlike Armed Forces in our neighbourhood or in other parts of the world intermeddled in the politics of the country? The Constitution of India mandates that Hindi in the Devanagri script will be the Official language of India whilst also making special provisions for English and other languages.Perhaps the Constituent Assembly found it utterly neccessary to do so in their wisdom to protect the pluraralist, multi-hued, variegated ,demograpical,climatic,cultural composition our our country.The Constitution of India also made English as the language of the High Courts and the Supreme Court, as also made English the language in which all its Official Notifications ,Orders, Laws will be published. Perhaps this too, with the import that these would have in the External Affairs Relations of the country.(Detailed provisions are provided in my post on Goanet The Status of English under the Constitution of India) Nay, the Constitution of India under Article 30 provides for the State to support any language of a substantial portion of the people in any territory of India, that is Bharat. It becomes neccessary for a multi hued variegated country such as ours to agree with the views of Voltaire to the effect that I may not agree with what you say, but will defend unto death your right to say it Accordingly we accept the right of the Konkani in the Devanagri script protagonists to air their views, raise thunder and brimstone,pussyfoot and prophesise scenarios quite quaint and far-fetched. We recollect that many years ago there was a Demand raised in some quarters that India, that is Bharat, should CHANGE to a PRESIDENTIAL form of democracy from its PARLIAMENTARY form of democracy!!! The said Demand died a natural death in the face of the wisdom of the teeming mass of citizens of India, whilst the protagonists continue to live and avail of the gerontological medical faculties of renowned hospitals in India, U.K , U.S. A. and other countries. Quite along similar lines we are confident that the demand made to abolish English and not to provide Grants to Schools in the English medium will wither away. Let us not get caught in the vile agendas of persons who wish to divide society so as to cause an agglutinisation of votes.After all the CONSTITUTION OF INDIA is the BULWARK of the people of India. May we pray for light not heat to be generated in any discussion, knowing fully well that A candle burns brightest before going off Regards, Gerry.
