Not even a week is finished since my brother expired but the few crooks especially those politicians involved in the running of the village affairs have started applauding his death because they felt the road to their goal is clear now. What goal is that? It is the goal of looting the village. My brother being a product of yesteryear Goan culture and tradition having best of qualities in public life was an obstacle for these political rascals who are all out to destroy our beautiful village. The main rascal is the one who is leading the team of robbers and crooks and who is using the political platform given by the public to do good for the villagers but this bloody rascal using the same public office to take his personal revenge against those who are opposing him. This bloody Ghantti who is a settler in our village is using even threatening language saying he is capable of using ‘SUPARI” force to liquidate anyone opposing him. His Padri brother must bring him to his senses because he is still a kid. After using Supari force where he will go? In the jungle for good? This bloody “kalcho porcho potto” who got root in Ghanttar is preaching us the original locals must be very careful. I am meantime informing to the authorities concerned that if anything untoward happens to any of the locals he should be blamed first.
This Ghantti leader of our village is on record to coax my brother begging with him with folded hands “not to come for the village meetings and whatever questions my brother has he will solve”. This begging he was doing because my brother was working for the cause of village and villagers whereas this bloody adopted villager and naturalized citizen of our village is not interested in the village and villagers but only in himself. It must be probed how he built his such a mighty business empire within a short time. What is his income per month? He is a big shame on his Padri brother. He was once even offering a blank cheque to my brother to keep his mouth shut in the public meet because otherwise he would get exposed. My brother is not a man who will shake with these type of lollipops. He is the real son of his real father and not a Bastard like those who are acting as crooks.
In our Village there is a “Mandd” that pays its dead member Rupees 50,000/- (fifty thousand). When my brother died, the officials of the Mandd came to my brother’s place with this money but both his children son and daughter refused to accept sayng their father told them not to accept this money instead give this 50,000 rupees either to the poor people or to any organization looking after the needs of the poor. This is the first time in the history of Mandd which is in existence since a century back that such an incident has occurred. He was not a rich man but would not bow down before money. He had an unique distinction of stopping one local Panch member from extorting one Shop costing lakhs of rupees from the owners of that building in exchange of giving license for the building. These are the ways for these bloody Panchas and Sarpanchas to mint money by extorting bribe from the people when they are not supposed to do this. And this Panch who was demanding one Shop is also not from our village, his roots are outside our village.
It is my request to all who are involved in corruption please change your mind and for God sake do not go for personal revenge. Please note that revenge beget Revenge. You our local leaders have still to grow. Becoming a Sarpanch, Panch, MLA or Club President will not be something extra ordinary. During my days I have rejected these positions because I found nothing supreme in them. These positions are good to loot and they are cheap pleasures and assets of the cheap and intellectually bankrupt people. Also, of many of the poverty stricken persons fpr them to make fast money.
A.Veronica Fernandes.