Saturday 25 June 2022

Controversy about the title Goemcho Saib by Fr. Nelson Lobo OFM Cap

 WONDERING GURU (106)       


             Have you ever wondered about the 'side effects' of the recent thundering and lightening in amchem Goem ?  Well! lightening burnt some live coconut trees and thundering sent some under the blanket crying out to SFX Goemchea Saiba makam pav makam kedinch sadinaka

It's a popular belief that SFX amcho Goemcho Saib has been protecting amchem Goem for a very long time. But this thundering and lightening had terrible side effect on an old man who does not know what to do in his sunset years. The thundering woke him up from his long coma and the lightening got his otherwise dormant brain activated. May be his brain cells got fused due to extra voltage and he lost his right thinking power. 

Where was this old man during last 60 years? Why was he silent so long if he is convinced that SFX is not Goemcho Saib? Was he a coward to speak up afraid of the then government? Why now is his mouth  blabbering ? Is it because the present government is favourable to him and tolerates his fused mind that keeps on thinking of disturbing communal harmony? So we are not wrong in calling him an opportunist. He waited for long in his comatose state to create this tension among goans. In his retirement may be he does not know what to do with his life. Maybe dying in oblivion scares him so his retired brains decides to think of  a controversial topic . 

When such guys have nothing to boast about their life they hatch up controversies to hide their sins and to promote themselves as patriotic. Fortunately people are well educated today and they can read in between the lines. It's a common knowledge that this old dormant brain is a hate monger. Goans of all religions have lived peacefully  as friends and good neighbours for decades. Thousands of people of other religions regard SFX as Goemcho Saib. The popular title of SFX will always remain in the hearts of all the Goans. Hate mongers like that old man will come and go but the title of SFX as Goemcho Saib will remain forever in people's hearts. If the old man wants to open up Goa Files on 3rd May,  i call upon all goans of all religions to display a photo of SFX with the title Goemcho Saib on their social media status & profile pics. Let's tell the whole world that SFX is Goemcho Saib and that people from all over India love him and come to visit him.

Too many bad incidents are happening in India against minorities.  I never thought Goa would also be a part of communal disharmony. Such communal tensions can spread like wildfire when good people like you remain silent. When you choose to remain silent you become a part of the crime against humanity. We need people to stand up against hate mongers. Those who divide the society on basis of culture and religion need to be pulled up. Constantly digging the past to create hate and division among the present generation needs to be totally stopped.  We need to look forward not backward. Why should the present generation pay for the 'sins' of the past generation? If the present generation chooses to be happy and friendly why do some instigate hate? Hatred is a disease that have killed millions of people in the past. Nazism is the perfect example.  Goa needs people who can lead us into the future, with a new vision bereft of hate and prejudices. 

Only when we choose to heal our past can we happily embrace the future. Ignorance is many times bliss. What the Portuguese rulers and other foreign rulers did in the past makes no difference to us the present Goans. What we the present generation are going to do to our future, to our communal harmony and to our peaceful living will make all the difference. People with community building mind please stand up and lead us. Long Live San Francis Xavier amcho Goemcho Saib. R.I.P Goa Files. Viva Goa Viva to Goan communal harmony.

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