come to UK.
And, you will find all the languages of the world spoken on the street and
buses but not English.
Stop complaining, the world population has increased.
Goa hills will be full of buildings and the mudslides will bring them all
down.
Such is life.
Jake.
"ANTHONY (NRI Goan)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IF THIS IS NOT STOP BY ALL THE CONCERN GOANS, VERY SOON WE WILL
SEEN NON-GOAN CHIEF MINISTER & MINISTERS, WHO WILL MAKE LAWS IN FAVOUR OF
NON-GOANS, IGNORING CALLS FROM GOANS! ALSO OUR FAVOURITE GOAN MINISTERS WILL BE
OUT!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthony gommes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Take a walk down the streets of Panaji and what strikes you the most is
the number of people from outside the state who are seen almost every where.
This makes one wonder where all the Goans have gone. In the market place, you
could be brushing shoulders with a Keralite, a Maharashrtian, you could bump
into family from Ludhiana or a newly wedded couple from Gujarat, but to find a
Goan in the crowded market place seems like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Where have all the Goans gone I wonder ?
You enter a hotel to sip a hot cup of coffee and the chaps sitting across the
table could be talking in their mother tongue i.e. Tamil.
Indeed, the capital city has become a metropolis, mini India. It may seem
that Gonas have become a minority in their own state. Don't get me wrong. I am
first an Indian then a Goan. But then my heart beats for Goa and Goans.
And what pains me more is the fact that I now come across fewer and fewer of
my fellows and in the market place. It won't be long before Goans could find
themselves as strangers in their own home land.
The scene is not all that different along Goa's vast coastline. On the
beaches you come across Kashmiris and more Kashmiris. They have probably given
a red carpet welcome since most of them are supposedly selling kashmiri
carpets. I believe beside setting shop in the state, some have even married the
Goan girls and set home here in Goa.
So, now you can no longer call them 'outsider' or the more widely used term
'Non Goans'. They have become Goans by marriage. So what if they are not Goans
by birth. Along the beach-line you will find more white-skinned foreigners and
dark skinned Lamanis than our very own Goan brothers and sisters.
I happen to live in that part of the state where I sometimes wonder if the
place is still a part of Goa. Yes I live in Vasco, which appears to be more
cosmopolitan than Mumbai. In Vasco, if you wish to meet Goans you have to
literally 'hunt' for them. Every new business venture is started by someone who
is not a Goan. Every new flat is occupied by a person from outside Goa.
Goans are known for their hospitality. So, they let out their houses to
outsiders not making any effort to find out if the person is really a tourist
or a terrorist. In Goa it may seem Goans come second when it comes to job
opportunities. While Goans wait eternally to get a white collared job, people
from other states who come to Goa grab any job opportunity with both hands.
That brings us to the all-important question. Where have all the Goans gone ?.
Well it may seem that many have fled (read as migrated) to other countries. In
doing so, they have sold their land, home, vehicles and everything they
possessed to a non Goan and of course Gond pride . While many Goans go abroad
never to come back. There are foreigners who have made Goa their home. What a
pity, we Goans are selling Goa bit by bit. A time will probably come when we
will have sold the whole of our beautiful state to people coming from Kashmir
or Kanyakumari.
Lending a helping hand in this entire exercise are our large-hearted (?)
politicians. They let migrants settle in our state not because they love these
people, but because they (the politicians) are in desperate need of their
votes. So, it is also the politicians who are 'selling' Goa to satisfy their
own selfish desires. Take it from me, without the migrant vote bank many of our
present day politicians would have bitten the dust. All in all, it won't be an
exaggeration to say that slowly but surely, Goans are losing Goa. What a pity !
By Adelmo Fernandes.
Refreshing Goans Mind: By Anthony Gomes
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