------------------------------------------------------------------ Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=426 ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > U talk of deliveries at home; U have to be rich and > pay for all that'. I did that and more and was > even used to shopping for these items in person; but > it was not easy. So what I am saying is that the > situ has not changed even after 20 years. > > Have you ever gone and bought 'fish' in Margao, or > done any shopping yourself; Then you will know the > problems. Rich men's life like you describe, can be > had anywhere; but when you try to live yourself, in > Goa, it is tough. So I am not complaining, per se! > only saying that the old situation has not > progressed, but rather regressed; > Mario responds: > Why would I go buy fish in the market and cook when I'm on vacation, and then complain because it's tough? I let the local Goans, who do it all year round, go buy the fish and beef and pork and vegetables, and cook it better than I can and deliver the food to me, while I sit in my balcao sipping local Belo beer and feni. We all benefit. > BTW, I only buy local Belo beer in Goa because the brewmaster is my friend. So, please support Belo beer when you are in Goa. > Nasci, you keep talking about "rich", but I do not pay any extra other than tips for delivery, which is worth my time when I'm on vacation. You need to learn how to organize better, man, so that you have more fun and less to complain about. > My point is that you, who doesn't even live there, complains about every single detail, no matter where you go in India. It's too noisy, the buses are too crowded, it's too dirty, the food is bad, the roads are bad, tourists are getting fleeced, you can't buy milk as and when you want, and on and on. To me that sounds like the Goa I remember before 1961. > I don't think India has regressed at all, just the opposite. The local people tell me that things have improved, even though much still needs to be done. > It is YOU who has changed, and want everyone back home in India to know about it. Then you go back to Australia. > In the meantime millions of people are going to India every year and enjoying every minute they are there. > Nasci writes: > > Whilst you are talking of the 'Fidalgo' life in the > old tradition. What about the common man and the > not so rich tourist like me. > > You are suggesting: to hell with every one else's > discomfort as long as Mario can live like a fidalgo! > > You are saying there are no power outages in Goa. > you must be living in virtual America; Did u carry > some generators with you? In Margao and all over > Goa there are interruptions to power at least 10 to > 15 times a day, every day. > Mario replies: > I don't know about Margao, but I live in Panjim when I'm in Goa, mostly in February. If we had 10 to 15 power outages a day I would certainly know it. > But I do have one complaint. We noticed some ants on our kitchen counter, who apparently came to check us out. Some Borax powder told them they should leave and not to return. I forgot to tell everyone on Goanet about those pesky ants, but you reminded me that alls not well in Goa:-)) > Nasci, I migrated because I was not a Fidalgo. Is there anything wrong with that? Now I can pretend I'm a Fidalgo for a few days a year in Goa. If I wanted to spend my life obsessing about everyone else's discomfort I would have become a missionary or a social worker. > If you visit India as frequently as you do and travel all over India, you can afford to do exactly what I do. You just have the wrong attitude and approach, in my opinion. > I go to India to enjoy myself, realize where I am, adjust to local conditions, organize for my benefit, I'm happy to be there and enjoy my trip. > You seem to go with a chip on your shoulder, and a check-list of what's wrong. You demand that India change to suit you, and then complain to high heaven that it has not changed enough to suit you. > Like I've said before, India is not everyone's cuppa tea. Based on your comments, it's not good for your physical or mental health to go there. I can promise you, it will be the same for you the next time and every time as long as you live. Noisy, dirty, crowded, evil. Not good. Isn't that why you left? >
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