Dears, They say that Goans have a "CRAB MENTALITY". It seems to work in more ways than one. Crabs are caught in an OPEN KOBLEM. At the middle of the Koblem they tie some "Bhannem" or the rubbery offal of some ruminating animal like bull, goat or sheep. the offal is worthless as food for the crab, still it keeps chewing and biting the offal. The Manxekar lifts the koblem at leisure. Lo and behold! The crabs are still busy chewing the offal. The Manxekar either sells the crabs or makes some Xec-xec for dinner and washes it down with some fiery feni. The politicians and other vested interests have been doing the same since the Opinion Poll in 1966-67, post-Opinion Poll elections in March, 1967, Konkani Porjecho Avaz 1986-87, Tourism Master Plan, Medium of Instruction 1992-93, Anti-Nylon 6.6, SEZ, Konkan Railway Realignment, Meta Strips, Regional Plan 2011 [in 2004 and 2006, one BJP the other Congress], raid on the Panaji Police Station, Art College rape, Miramar Sex Scandal, Scarlet Keeling, German Girl, German Mother, Lucky Farmhouse, Atalla, Dudu, Nadia ....... The dead crabs include Dr. Jack Sequeira, Erasmo Sequeira, G.Y. Bhandare, Floriano Vaz, Nilesh Naik, Satish Rivonkar, Martino Fernandes and countless others ... all inextricably caught in an open net. There are others still in the koblem. Like bacteria in the St. Inez creek aka nalla they are TNTC ...Too Numerous To Count ...and one cannot logically reach a MPN ... Most Probable Number. There are all types of ex-MLAs, ex-ZPs, ex-Sarpanchas and plenty of "current" folks and wannabe leaders. Ask veterans like Shashikala Kakodkar, Nirmala Sawant, Tomazinho Cardoz, Somnath Zuarkar, Ravi Naik, Dr. Wilfred de Souza, Manohar Parrikar, Matanhy Saldanha, Dr. Wilfred Misquita, a host of tiatrists, social activists [I will not name those in the last two groups as they are very sensitive to criticism ... like crabs with thin shells due to calcium deficient waters or genetic make up] and others how it feels to be hauled up in the socio-political koblem ....and released because there is no meat in them on a full moon night ...... till they are unfortunate to be caught "on a dark and stormy night" as Remo Fernandes once wrote about Cecil Pinto. It just temporarily boosts the circulation of newspapers and tabloids and TRP of the visual media. That's all. Does anyone know or care to find out who killed a policeman in the anti-Meta Strips agitation? does anyone know or care how many persons are fighting their lonely legal battles in courts for rioting in which they were not even involved during the Meta Strips agitation. does anyone know the persons alleged to be involved in the "Unnatural death" death of Scarlet Keeling? Does anyone know what happened to the Police-women who were injured in the 19 February, 2008, raid on the Panaji Police Station? Where is the S.P. Neeraj Thakur, Dy S.P. Naik and P.I. Naik who exposed the hapless IRB women without even a condom for protection ...leave alone riot gear and protective jackets ... while they hid inside the Police Station during the raid by "unknown persons" who infiltrated the ranks of the affected persons led by some very well known persons. The answers are very educative. For a change, Frederick Noronha has written like it is in the Herald's "Devil's Advocate" Op-Ed today. Nadia's [May the good Lord give rest to her soul] photos are not half as arousing as Scarlet's. What's worse, they are in Black & White. She is 'local' or 'desi' girl ...not a firang or English spirit or even with a firang mother or boyfriend .... so the interest will die as soon as the monsoon rains change our focus to overflowing drains, flooded roads ....and "getting wet on the outside". At that point of time, even a hot cup of tea will be more interesting than the Nadia story. By the time the Goa Assembly starts its monsoon session, half of Goa will have trouble even recalling Nadia's name. C'est la vie, n'est pas? The Portuguese said it right: Asim sao coisas do Mundo, quem nao sabe nadar bato os cul...os o fundo! One swims with the tide or bangs on the riverbed! Forget all that jazz and come back to what matters: Participatory Planning Process, District Planning Committees, powers to Panchayats as per the Constitution by which every minister is sworn in to office, stop hill cutting and land filling under Section 17-A of the Goa TCP Act, 1974 [as amended in 1997], withdraw amendments to Section 16 and 16A [inserted in 2008 for bypass to PPP... ani mor .... projects] ....and find out where the pipeline from the Tillari Irrigation Project [TIP of the iceberg?] is headed from Green Park hotel onwards ... towards the beach front. Someone asked the question if our Minister for Education is educated enough to be the Minister. I asked him what was the educational qualification of the man who set up Goa's first degree college ever? This pseudo educationist did not even know that the Dhempe College was established by the Goa Education Society headed by Dayanand Bandodkar, our first Chilef Minister. One does not have to be smart to ask questions. Kids ask the darnedest questions! Adults have to look for the answers. We are not "bleddy Goans" .... for crabs have no blood. Mog asundi Miguel
--- On Wed, 9/6/10, JoeGoaUk <[email protected]> wrote: From: JoeGoaUk <[email protected]> Subject: [GOAN-NRI] Suicide, Ratol, Minister, hiding, bail etc - Ho gondoll koslo? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 9 June, 2010, 2:27 PM Suicide, Ratol, Minister, hiding, bail etc - Ho gondoll koslo? Looks like there is a lot more to it I am sure, the truth will come out soon. In the mean time here are some Q&As. 1. How close was the minister with the deceased? - Seems pretty close (It’s none of our business, they were two consenting adults remember? One is 28 the other 46) 2. OK, when was the last time they were out together? - The night before she mistakenly consumed Rattol Minister took her out for Dinner (However, Mother also claimed that she visited Doctor for Stomach upset on the same night) 3. What time Rattol was consumed? - 9am on 15th May 2010 4. What time it was found out and what time taken to hospital? - At first, the Mother heard her vomiting and thought that this was because she had a stomach upset. It was only at around 2pm she found out when she visited her room that she was vomiting some yellowish substance When asked, she told her that she accidentally consumed Ratol - She was taken to the hospital 7 hours later i.e 4pm 5. Who took her to the hospital? - The mother and the minister 6. Minister? Was he there in the house at the time? - Yes, the minster was there as he come for some work at 1.30pm (Says mother). 7. Who complained the police? - Normally, it is the family members of the victim who complain but in this case it was Goa Police /Curtorim PS who filed FIR. 8. Do they do for all such sucide cases in Av. 5 per month in Goa? - No, this seems to be a special case 9. Do the family members suspect any foul play or have any suspects in the case? - No foul play. No suspects. Not even the minister. According to the family, it is not a suicide but accidental death. The Victim too gave statement before Goa Police and Mumbai Magistrate That Ratol was consumed by mistake, assuming it was a took paste 10. What’s ratol tube looks like? - check this pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4626336130/ Latest: Micky in his application (for bail) said that from media reports he came to know Nadia consumed rat poison ‘Ratol’ and was admitted to a private hospital in Margao - NT News paper first reported on 17th May, so minister come to know 2 days later? What about the mother’s statement? See 5 & 6 above Ratol Consumed on 15th May morning Further more.. - Minister resigns and goes into hiding – 5 days now (since June 5) - Widower (Winston) seeks anticipatory bail – see pic - Minister’s OSD (Lyndon) seeks anticipatory bail - Minister through his lawyer seek anticipatory bail 8/6/10 - About Rs. 35 lakhs spent on hospital bills - Minister travel with the patient to hospital. - 11 injury marks ref. Post mortem report - Deceased personal Cell phone and Laptop missing - Minister is the Prime suspect (Goa Police), latest. In view of above, many things really don’t adds up Ho gondoll koslo? Source: TOI June 5, 6 etc some family pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4684827878/sizes/l/ others http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextras/4658200601/sizes/l/ [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
