In the ongoing debate about economic migration and the choice of one's
homeland... I remember the time when I was getting married (to a
childhood sweetheart with whom a mature relationship was rekindled while
she was visiting from Canada ... without resorting to cybermatrimonials
;-) and I was trying to convince my new bride to stay with me in Goa as
I had a promising career in the poultry industry there, having just
completed a Master's degree in Poultry Nutrition from Bangalore. She
was adamant that it was foolhardy to languish in the local rat-race
while struggling to eke out a living in research or worse still, running
a poultry farm. She won the argument with simple economics... if we
stayed in Goa, she would probably only be able to visit her family in
Canada once a decade or less whereas if I made a decent living in
Canada, we would be able to travel to India every year or two (depending
on family size) to visit my folks there. So I headed for the gold-paved
streets of Mississauganagar, Canukistan. I guess this would make me an
economic migrant ;-)
What she didn't count on was me taking 4 years to re-qualify in Canada.
In a recent article posted to GoaNet about Canadian (and other western
country) restrictions on foreign qualifications is true but not
unforseen. Speaking from experience (in the veterinary field) we are
given a very broad
education in India (BVSc&AH - Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal
Husbandry) whereas in Canada the DVM degree is for a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine and animal husbandry is a separate discipline with
it's own degree program and college! I went back into the undergraduate
course here after doing a Masters in India. It takes at least 5 years to
get back on your feet after immigrating to Canada and possibly longer
for professionals with quota restrictions. All the sob stories of
foreign physicians delivering pizza instead of babies are spilt milk as
they full well knew the odds they were facing (or should have, at least)
before pulling up stakes for the distant pot of gold.
Kevin Saldanha
(I've forgotten all Cecil's codes)
Saligavcho Kollo
ps. Another post of mine to GoaNet appeared to have fallen through the
cracks, probably because I posted it from a new gmail account that was
not be registered with GN. I was going to attach it here but got
Cecil's cc. directly admonishing me on the correct use of his freeware
coding thereby confirming that it reached it's intended audience. /ks
pps. I'm glad that someone other than Fr. Ivo is reading up on
evolution and reporting on the position of the Catholic Church via
mainstream media. <An influential cardinal in the Roman Catholic
Church, which has long been regarded as an ally of the theory of
evolution, is now
suggesting that belief in evolution as accepted by science today may be
incompatible with Catholic faith.> All the rest of the fence sitters
(or pseudo-pro-evolutionary-cafeteria-catholics) will now have to choose
between the heretical but irrefutable scientific proof of evolution and
the abstract, theological rhetoric of intelligent design because the two
will NEVER be compatible. /ks
