Global Goan Convention in Oman
The 4th Global Goan Convention opened with flair and finesse, the location was well set within the Indian Embassy in Oman , within close proximity of the British and the American Embassies, for once I felt proud to note that the Indian Embassy had a much bigger area than the rest.
The convention started with the welcome song and lighting of the lamp by the elite dignitaries and the main office bearers of the Organizing Committee. The atmosphere and the ambience was very good. The welcome address by the President of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Flynn De Lima said a lot about his personality and his ability in organizing events of such scale. Dr Mario De Souza was his diplomatic self but stressed as he pointed out deficiencies that needed to be rectified by the NRI Commission.
The address by the NRI Commissioner His Excellency Mr. Eduardo Faleiro, was well presented if one may say so, his usual flair and theatrics combined had people smiling and laughing and promised to do whatever he can for the NRG’s, there was not a single “no†I cannot do it attitude, in his talk but one will have to wait to see, if things discussed will infact be put into prospective.
The simplicity and the charm of His Excellency, The Indian Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Mr. Anil Wadhwa was very much obvious as he mixed freely with the participants and the organizers, we had heard a lot about him, his good work and his simplicity, which did not take long for us to affirm. In his address he poured out platitudes of the Goan Community in Oman, said that Goans in Oman were well respected and law abiding, he also said that he never came across, situations wherein he had to intervene with the Local Government for the sake of Goans. He also said Goans in Oman , greatly contributed to the unity and progress of the Indian community in Oman . It was indeed a proud moment, for all of us Goans who were present, to be Goans,
Dr. Satish Nambiar, the President of the Indian Social Centre too amply praised the loyalty and the unity along with the good civility shown by the Goan community in Oman , the contributions made to the Indian Community too were expressed.
Dr. Oscar Rebelo, the orator he is, spoke well and made sure that we all understood that in 1961, it was the united Goa that fought and won, but in 1966 it was a divided Goa, which means, it was Goan v/s Goan that fought with each other during the Opinion Poll, then again 20 years later, in 1986 again it was it was Goan v/s Goan fighting for Konkanni, yet again 20 years later in 2006 it was Goan v/s Goan fighting against the Regional Plan and asked for how many more years would we be fighting each other ? He further gave us four points that are to be looked at if we need any semblance of a chance to come out of the muck we are in. 1st that we should be a totally secular Goan Community no matter what. 2nd that we protect our environment at all cost. 3rd We maintain steady growth along with environmental ambiance. 4th Law and order with equal measures for all without any distinction in class or creed. A very sound theory and a perfect recipe for Goa .
As I reflected on the speech, it was very much true, it just struck me that post 1961, our esteemed corrupt politicians were responsible for all the major upheavals in Goa , which were a direst result of their greed for money and power, playing Goans against Goans for their own selfish benefits, and we Goans kept falling for it.
Agnelo Fernandes MLA from Calangute and the Chairman of EDC
spoke well about the schemes brought forth by his department, he also spoke of the tourism activities in his constituency..
Simon D’Silva, the President of Goan Welfare Association, Doha , Qatar , spoke of the present scenario and asked that employment and investment opportunities be created for NRG’s
Prajal Sakhardande was just outstanding as he portrayed pre liberation, post liberation and the present day Goa with vivid slides, his knowledge of the history of Goa is unmatched. Fantastic presentation.
Rajendra Kerkar was at his humorous best as he picked on the Goan politicians while explaining the importance of preserving our ecology and environment and explained the deadly affect on Goa if the water of river Mandovi was diverted.
He also explained the connection of numerous folk songs and religious songs with mother nature and asked us to fight tooth and nail to preserve our ecology and our environment, and stop the destruction of our natural heritage.
Arwin Mesquita from Abu Dhabi, place before us the reality, that at the way things are going on in Goa, our Goan Identity and our culture is at stake and emphasized the need to protect our Goan Identity and our culture, and explained the means and ways to do it.
Freddy Fernandes from Dubai, humbly yours explained in details the ills of mega housing and mining and asked the people to help put an end to the atrocities against mother nature and asked the people to elect clean and incorruptible people if they want, Goa to be there tomorrow, along with a good future for Goa, themselves and for their future generations.
John Desa from Qatar , stressed on the need to protect our land for the future and not to sell it to outsiders, so that what happened to the East Indians (Koli’s) in Bombay should not happen to Goans. He also stressed on the importance of 80% jobs for Goans to be implemented and said all this could be possible only through special status for Goa .
Benedict Lobo from Dubai , spoke about his creation “Radio Goa†wherein one can experience nostalgic Goa at the click of a mouse, and his wish to protect the essence of Goan music. Radio Goa also provides an opportunity to Goans to interact with each other online or in person by participating in a number of get-togethers organized by him in the UAE.
Ramnata Mavlingcar from Abu Dhabi , spoke of the investment opportunities that can be created in Goa that would help both Goans in Goa as well as NRG’s and emphasized on the need to simplify the procedures for investors and proposed a single window process to avoid delays and corruption.
Ulhas Kamat and Nitin Kunkolienkar, members of the NRI Commissioner’s entourage, were at their best, presenting statistics and policies on how good Goa’s economy is and they pictured a very rosy present and an equally bright future, to put in Mr. Kamat’s own words, “statistics are like bikinis, what they revel is seductive but what they hide is indeed vital†very much true but what was hidden was the number of poor people specially from the below poverty line that have benefited from these schemes or the number of applications that are gathering dust due to lack of “vasta†or the money to wet palms.
At the open house for domestic and industrial workers there were a number of issues that were brought up, one being, pension fund or employment opportunities on return, as these workers have to spend all their hard earned money on the survival of the families back home and once retired they have nothing to look back to, here the NRI Commissioner promised them that they will be provided employment opportunities as per their qualification and nature of work done abroad, he also assured them payment that will be equal to what they earned abroad if not more.
Another issue that came up for discussion was the holding of passports of workers by employers, which is against international laws, and the NRI Commissioner along with the High Commissioner assured that they will do everything in their hands to talk to the authorities and solve this matter.
Yet another issue was of a domestic worker, who did not have a contract, she have been refused leave even after four years, she is yearning to get back home to see her family, the High Commissioner himself assured and promised to look in to the matter.
At this point I had to leave but over all it was a very well organized and very well coordinated Convention, the hospitality was outstanding.. The Organizing Committee should be credited for their total professionalism, events of this magnitude are indeed very difficult to handle but The Oman Goan Community did it with ease and aplomb.
The dine and dance too was a success, the music was good, the ambience was nostalgic Goan, people and the delegates meeting each other, exchanging views and ideas, there was certainly no distinction and the floor was never empty, even the High Commissioner and the NRI Commissioner mingled freely in the crowd.
It was indeed a success.
It was good to see a small portion of the diverse Goan Diaspora under one roof, I would like to make a special mention of the young man from Loutolim, who came all the way from Malawi Mr. Vivek Araujo and sang a couple of Konkani songs at the dance. It was good to know, Konkani was still alive and kicking in him
Though it was a success, there were a couple of negatives that were picked up, I was very much hurt and disappointed that English was used as the medium of communication, the coordinators as well as most of the delegates spoke in English, which looked really odd as we had a Goan Convention and Konkani being our Mother Tongue should have been the medium of communication, it looked like most of the delegates left Mother Konkani behind when they boarded the plane for Oman and the Coordinators, in their hurry locked Mother Konkani at their homes before proceeding to the Convention Centre. I just cannot understand why, it is only we Goans that treat our Mother Tongue so disgracefully?
The second being, the initiator of this Convention, the NRI Commissioner Mr. Eduardo Faleiro, was conspicuously and conveniently absent when environmentalists and social activists delivered their speeches, it did look odd, as the initiator of this convention, he should have been present to hear all the speakers, most probably he thought that their speeches were anti Government, but let me assure that none of them were anti Government, what they highlighted were the unhealthy environmental and the mega housing policies of his Government, which are anti Goa and anti Goan, which need to be changed on a priority basis.
The Calangute MLA Mr. Agnelo too seemed to have disappeared into thin air, soon after the first session, I only assume that he could have gone around Oman, to look for equipment to pull the "PRINCESS" ashore or could have been meeting the local civil services, looking for ideas to fight the drug menace in Calangute. A very busy schedule indeed.
Congratulations and well done Oman Goans
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
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The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
Goa, a jewel on India's crown as it was known, was blessed with beautiful pristine beaches on it's west coast and high range of mountains called the western Ghats on it's eastern border, full of diversely rich forms of flora and fauna for it's crown, along with different species of wild life as it's inhabitants and rich varieties of ore for her underbelly. The very geographical location had made Goa a paradise, call it the Maker's or Nature's generous gift to the people of Goa.
The first chapter in Economics tells us that, our wants are unlimited and the truth is, they are insatiable too, and in the quest to be the masters of commerce and economics, greed evolved as the worst evil, that has taken over in totality the human mind, body, heart and soul. As vision is blurred by greed, people fail to see the long term disasters that await them, in their pursuit for short term gains. Goa is the prime example of this great folly.
We have heard the moralist story of the goose that laid the golden eggs, umpteen number of times since we were kids, yet we fail to learn the ethical moral of the story, when faced with reality. It's not just a story for building up morals in kids, but also for grown up adults, not to fall prey to glandular greed.
Today, Tourism is the bread and butter of most Asian developing countries, each competing with the other to get the lager slice of the tourism pie. Goa was struck by the hippy culture which started off on it's pristine beaches way back in the late sixties, and thus spread the word of the new found jewel to the outside world, Goa, in it's virginity was a sight for sore eyes, tourists then flocked to see this new found paradise on earth, and over the years the word of Goa's serene scenic beauty spread like wild fire and thus Goa was posted as the top destination in world Tourism.
Tourist were attracted to the natural beauty of Goa, mountains full of trees, fields lush and green, springs, rivers, lakes and most of all the endless clean pristine beaches, the generosity, simplicity and the good will of Goans added to the flavour, more than making up for the lack of basic infrastructure that the western world was used to, but they still made a bee line, over and over again and still they couldn't get it out of their system.
Now with the ever increase in tourism, the seeds of evil greed were sown, politicians and bureaucrats forgot their promises to work for the good of man and sold their souls to the devil, looking for ways and means, more foul than fair to enrich themselves, using the clout of their political power and position, taking optimum advantage of gullible Goans. Preservation of our natural beauty to enhance tourism was forgotten and corruption flourished and became the 'modus oparandi', the name of the game. Land being acquired and sold to the highest bidder and unwarranted development in the form of mega housing, putting more pressure on the already weak over burdened infrastructure, destroying our hills, fields and plains started the rape of virgin Goa.
With increase in tourism, criminal activities too increased, drug trade at it's highest, murders and rapes everyday occurrences, gambling and prostitution flourishing, our corrupt politicians and police patronizing criminals for their share of the spoils, our pristine beaches littered with waste, shacks and beds, some areas even cordoned off by elite mafisos. The maiden has indeed lost her most precious virtue, she has been violated. Goa is no more virgin.
The lives of coastal Goans have become a living hell, as basic amenities are atrocious and prices of land, housing units and durable commodities rising steeply, law and order situation are at it's worst and to add to all their woes, the mother of all woes CRZ has come in furry destroying the homes and devastating the lives of poor Goans. How will the poor coastal Goans survive? Or will they have to move to the cities to survive, creating a vacuum in coastal Goa ? Why do they have to pay the price for the greed of some men in the name of commerce and economics?
Mining has no doubt contributed a great deal to the coffers of the Goa Government, initially even the limited form of mining had an adverse effect on ecology and the water bodies, but not to a great extent. Now with wealth dangling in front of our noses, overtaken by greed, we have gone full throttle, shredding the underbelly, least interested in the devastation and havoc caused to the crowning glory of the western Ghats, displacing it's very inhabitants, the wild life and destroying the water bodies, a life line to the very existence of human and wild life.
The rural villages where rampant mining is carried out, have had to bear the worst atrocities, air pollution being on the high, not only most of their houses are covered in dust but they also have to breathe in the dust, causing health problems. The field which the people of these areas lived on, were rich and fertile, today they remain barren and scorched, covered by the rejects and the unfertile dust of mining. Their wells, ponds, springs and streams have gone dry over the years. Police and politicians have become puppets of the mining barons intimidating and harassing the locals who are fighting for their right to survive. How will these people survive in their villages? Or will they have to move to the cities to survive creating a vacuum in rural Goa? Why do they have to pay the price for the greed of some men in the name of commerce and economics?
The cities too are congested and polluted with the infrastructure crumbling, sewage overflowing, garbage becoming a monstrous issue with no solution in sight, traffic ever increasing, parking vastly inadequate and unplanned, taps more often dry, than running, bulbs and tubes more often off, than lit, life in urban Goa, is already mired in misery, so how will rural and coastal Goa survive in urban Goa? More importantly will Goa survive?
Mining and tourism are the main sources of income for the Goa government, but at what cost ? When nature is destroyed the ambience changes and this in turn, can lead to a catastrophe, as we all saw in the case of floods at Canacona. The fury of nature is what man has failed to conquer. To survive we have to respect nature and live in ambience with nature.
We blame the politicians for all the ills in Goa and it's true, they are the culprits, they are the traitors, they are the rapists, but the million dollar question is, WHO ELECTED THEM? The enemy is within, we need not go far in our search, it's each one of us contributing to the rape of our beloved Goa by our inaction, doing nothing, to right, the wrong we did in electing the corrupt, the selfish and the heartless, we are our own worst enemies. We need to get our priorities right and elect good people, with ethics, honest, hardworking and with true love for Goa in their hearts, to run Goa. This is the only choice we have. Are there any takers?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai/Nuem, Canacona
Jan 28, 2010
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/28065
www.goa-world.com
Goa, a jewel on India's crown as it was known, was blessed with beautiful pristine beaches on it's west coast and high range of mountains called the western Ghats on it's eastern border, full of diversely rich forms of flora and fauna for it's crown, along with different species of wild life as it's inhabitants and rich varieties of ore for her underbelly. The very geographical location had made Goa a paradise, call it the Maker's or Nature's generous gift to the people of Goa.
The first chapter in Economics tells us that, our wants are unlimited and the truth is, they are insatiable too, and in the quest to be the masters of commerce and economics, greed evolved as the worst evil, that has taken over in totality the human mind, body, heart and soul. As vision is blurred by greed, people fail to see the long term disasters that await them, in their pursuit for short term gains. Goa is the prime example of this great folly.We have heard the moralist story of the goose that laid the golden eggs, umpteen number of times since we were kids, yet we fail to learn the ethical moral of the story, when faced with reality. It's not just a story for building up morals in kids, but also for grown up adults, not to fall prey to glandular greed.
Today, Tourism is the bread and butter of most Asian developing countries, each competing with the other to get the lager slice of the tourism pie. Goa was struck by the hippy culture which started off on it's pristine beaches way back in the late sixties, and thus spread the word of the new found jewel to the outside world, Goa, in it's virginity was a sight for sore eyes, tourists then flocked to see this new found paradise on earth, and over the years the word of Goa's serene scenic beauty spread like wild fire and thus Goa was posted as the top destination in world Tourism.
Tourist were attracted to the natural beauty of Goa, mountains full of trees, fields lush and green, springs, rivers, lakes and most of all the endless clean pristine beaches, the generosity, simplicity and the good will of Goans added to the flavour, more than making up for the lack of basic infrastructure that the western world was used to, but they still made a bee line, over and over again and still they couldn't get it out of their system.Now with the ever increase in tourism, the seeds of evil greed were sown, politicians and bureaucrats forgot their promises to work for the good of man and sold their souls to the devil, looking for ways and means, more foul than fair to enrich themselves, using the clout of their political power and position, taking optimum advantage of gullible Goans. Preservation of our natural beauty to enhance tourism was forgotten and corruption flourished and became the 'modus oparandi', the name of the game. Land being acquired and sold to the highest bidder and unwarranted development in the form of mega housing, putting more pressure on the already weak over burdened infrastructure, destroying our hills, fields and plains started the rape of virgin Goa.
With increase in tourism, criminal activities too increased, drug trade at it's highest, murders and rapes everyday occurrences, gambling and prostitution flourishing, our corrupt politicians and police patronizing criminals for their share of the spoils, our pristine beaches littered with waste, shacks and beds, some areas even cordoned off by elite mafisos. The maiden has indeed lost her most precious virtue, she has been violated. Goa is no more virgin.
The lives of coastal Goans have become a living hell, as basic amenities are atrocious and prices of land, housing units and durable commodities rising steeply, law and order situation are at it's worst and to add to all their woes, the mother of all woes CRZ has come in furry destroying the homes and devastating the lives of poor Goans. How will the poor coastal Goans survive? Or will they have to move to the cities to survive, creating a vacuum in coastal Goa ? Why do they have to pay the price for the greed of some men in the name of commerce and economics?
Mining has no doubt contributed a great deal to the coffers of the Goa Government, initially even the limited form of mining had an adverse effect on ecology and the water bodies, but not to a great extent. Now with wealth dangling in front of our noses, overtaken by greed, we have gone full throttle, shredding the underbelly, least interested in the devastation and havoc caused to the crowning glory of the western Ghats, displacing it's very inhabitants, the wild life and destroying the water bodies, a life line to the very existence of human and wild life.
The rural villages where rampant mining is carried out, have had to bear the worst atrocities, air pollution being on the high, not only most of their houses are covered in dust but they also have to breathe in the dust, causing health problems. The field which the people of these areas lived on, were rich and fertile, today they remain barren and scorched, covered by the rejects and the unfertile dust of mining. Their wells, ponds, springs and streams have gone dry over the years. Police and politicians have become puppets of the mining barons intimidating and harassing the locals who are fighting for their right to survive. How will these people survive in their villages? Or will they have to move to the cities to survive creating a vacuum in rural Goa? Why do they have to pay the price for the greed of some men in the name of commerce and economics?
The cities too are congested and polluted with the infrastructure crumbling, sewage overflowing, garbage becoming a monstrous issue with no solution in sight, traffic ever increasing, parking vastly inadequate and unplanned, taps more often dry, than running, bulbs and tubes more often off, than lit, life in urban Goa, is already mired in misery, so how will rural and coastal Goa survive in urban Goa? More importantly will Goa survive?
Mining and tourism are the main sources of income for the Goa government, but at what cost ? When nature is destroyed the ambience changes and this in turn, can lead to a catastrophe, as we all saw in the case of floods at Canacona. The fury of nature is what man has failed to conquer. To survive we have to respect nature and live in ambience with nature.We blame the politicians for all the ills in Goa and it's true, they are the culprits, they are the traitors, they are the rapists, but the million dollar question is, WHO ELECTED THEM? The enemy is within, we need not go far in our search, it's each one of us contributing to the rape of our beloved Goa by our inaction, doing nothing, to right, the wrong we did in electing the corrupt, the selfish and the heartless, we are our own worst enemies. We need to get our priorities right and elect good people, with ethics, honest, hardworking and with true love for Goa in their hearts, to run Goa. This is the only choice we have. Are there any takers?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai/Nuem, Canacona
Jan 28, 2010
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/28065
www.goa-world.com
Tip The Den, Mickey !
Tip The Den, Mickey !
As kids most of us must have played 'hide and seek and tip the den games one time of the other, both are similar but tip the den is certainly the more exciting one, as kids it was very exciting and enjoyed it too, it did not require to many kids as well, could be played even between just two kids, with not much space required either, one could play it anywhere and everywhere. In villages even today, every time I watch kids play that game a smile lights up my face and takes me back in time, to the good old days of yore.
While playing this game we hid, not just behind trees or structures but also in some of the most difficult of places not worried of the dirtiness around or the availability of light either, we just made ourselves as invisible as possible, leaving the poor soul (the den) to spot us before we tipped the den, sometimes a few of us would come in a group out of nowhere and tip the den, leaving the den confused and immobile. For kids it does sound good but when the grown up's play this game, they look ridiculously silly.
Last couple of day the media is all about our Hip Hop politician Mickey playing tip the den with our security services and I am sure he is going to tip the den even before our den, the police, realize it, making them look utterly foolish.
Mickey Mickey Mickey where are thou? asks the security services, how can a man of your stature and acumen do this to us, when we supported you in all your endeavors, acted blind to all your aggressions, even against our very own, and time and again reached late to curb your favourite indulgence the direos, we even let you drive your expensive all terrain vehicle the Hummer without registration, helped you by delaying the FIR filed by your wife Sara, and the complain by the Engineer whom you had slapped. Even in this case too we will help you as much as we can, now just because it's fresh news, everyone is interested, but after a while everything will be forgotten. We have been so nice and accommodating and why do you like to make us look foolish in front the Goan people?
Most of us know the fire brand politician who got his kicks by breaking every rule in the book or on second thoughts, he could have been ignorant of the rules, a .
possibility knowing his personal limitations. He was a tailor by profession, he then goes to Bahrain where he struggles and in some years reaches the land of opportunities called USA, like a lot of migrants his stars seemed to have shone too and out of a nobody he suddenly becomes everybody's envy, as he lands up in a fortune that nobody had dreamt off.
He than comes back to Goa flaunting his newly acquired riches and locks horns with our Great Churchill Almeao and before anyone could say Alleluia he kicks Churchill'sbackside and wins the election from the constituency of Benaulim and voila in no time showing his muscle and money power becomes a minister, if one dud can become a Minister or even a Chief Minister why not the other? So starts the political life line of Mickey. He even went to the extent of owning a football team but then as the football governing body of India did not bow to his ethics he withdrew his team. But as it is said it's impossible to straighten the tail of a dog, so also the problematic life style of the flamboyant Mickey.
Old habits are hard to die is an old axiom which is very much applicable to Mickey, his inherent temper and his flair for expensive cars, women and equally fast lifestyle were not the perfect panaceas for all his ills and did put him in a lot of trouble both personally, as well as a politician and the latest episode has culminated into Mickey playing tip the den with the security services. How far and how long it's to go? We'll have to just wait and watch.
Mean while speculations and anxiety over the situation grows the bereaved family has to go through muck and acrimony. This is indeed tragic. In any crime the guilty must be punished, but isn't it true that every crime should be treated equally? Every individual has to be given justice? Does not our constitution give justice for all ? So, when so many other equally questionable suicides, murders and abetments are just ignored, while only a few are looked into, why is the life of this young lady so important and that of the others so worthless? Are we seeking justice? Or are we seeking revenge? Or are we seeking political mileage? In fulfilling our political agendas we just do not mind whom we trample over or what distress we cause to the other, as long as we get the publicity.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai - UAE
June 8, 2010
http://www.nme.com/awards/video/search/goan
http://goanfocus.blogspot.com/2010/06/tip-den-mickey.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ia9CTFzZwg&feature=player_embedded#!
http://goanamigo.blogspot.com/2010/07/tip-den-mickey.html
Posted by Goa-World.COM
As kids most of us must have played 'hide and seek and tip the den games one time of the other, both are similar but tip the den is certainly the more exciting one, as kids it was very exciting and enjoyed it too, it did not require to many kids as well, could be played even between just two kids, with not much space required either, one could play it anywhere and everywhere. In villages even today, every time I watch kids play that game a smile lights up my face and takes me back in time, to the good old days of yore.
While playing this game we hid, not just behind trees or structures but also in some of the most difficult of places not worried of the dirtiness around or the availability of light either, we just made ourselves as invisible as possible, leaving the poor soul (the den) to spot us before we tipped the den, sometimes a few of us would come in a group out of nowhere and tip the den, leaving the den confused and immobile. For kids it does sound good but when the grown up's play this game, they look ridiculously silly. Last couple of day the media is all about our Hip Hop politician Mickey playing tip the den with our security services and I am sure he is going to tip the den even before our den, the police, realize it, making them look utterly foolish.
Mickey Mickey Mickey where are thou? asks the security services, how can a man of your stature and acumen do this to us, when we supported you in all your endeavors, acted blind to all your aggressions, even against our very own, and time and again reached late to curb your favourite indulgence the direos, we even let you drive your expensive all terrain vehicle the Hummer without registration, helped you by delaying the FIR filed by your wife Sara, and the complain by the Engineer whom you had slapped. Even in this case too we will help you as much as we can, now just because it's fresh news, everyone is interested, but after a while everything will be forgotten. We have been so nice and accommodating and why do you like to make us look foolish in front the Goan people?Most of us know the fire brand politician who got his kicks by breaking every rule in the book or on second thoughts, he could have been ignorant of the rules, a .
possibility knowing his personal limitations. He was a tailor by profession, he then goes to Bahrain where he struggles and in some years reaches the land of opportunities called USA, like a lot of migrants his stars seemed to have shone too and out of a nobody he suddenly becomes everybody's envy, as he lands up in a fortune that nobody had dreamt off.
He than comes back to Goa flaunting his newly acquired riches and locks horns with our Great Churchill Almeao and before anyone could say Alleluia he kicks Churchill'sbackside and wins the election from the constituency of Benaulim and voila in no time showing his muscle and money power becomes a minister, if one dud can become a Minister or even a Chief Minister why not the other? So starts the political life line of Mickey. He even went to the extent of owning a football team but then as the football governing body of India did not bow to his ethics he withdrew his team. But as it is said it's impossible to straighten the tail of a dog, so also the problematic life style of the flamboyant Mickey.
Old habits are hard to die is an old axiom which is very much applicable to Mickey, his inherent temper and his flair for expensive cars, women and equally fast lifestyle were not the perfect panaceas for all his ills and did put him in a lot of trouble both personally, as well as a politician and the latest episode has culminated into Mickey playing tip the den with the security services. How far and how long it's to go? We'll have to just wait and watch.
Mean while speculations and anxiety over the situation grows the bereaved family has to go through muck and acrimony. This is indeed tragic. In any crime the guilty must be punished, but isn't it true that every crime should be treated equally? Every individual has to be given justice? Does not our constitution give justice for all ? So, when so many other equally questionable suicides, murders and abetments are just ignored, while only a few are looked into, why is the life of this young lady so important and that of the others so worthless? Are we seeking justice? Or are we seeking revenge? Or are we seeking political mileage? In fulfilling our political agendas we just do not mind whom we trample over or what distress we cause to the other, as long as we get the publicity.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
Dubai - UAE
June 8, 2010
http://www.nme.com/awards/video/search/goan
http://goanfocus.blogspot.com/2010/06/tip-den-mickey.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ia9CTFzZwg&feature=player_embedded#!
http://goanamigo.blogspot.com/2010/07/tip-den-mickey.html
Posted by Goa-World.COM
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