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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selma, I'm uncertain what exactly you are getting at: Whether (in your case) you are disheartened about the dilution of your culture because you live far away from Goa (your family) or whether you refer to Diasporic Goans in general, who have since gone on to lose some/all traits of their culture and/or roots due to their assimilation (Basilio) or multiculturalism (Gilbert) they espouse. This is a heart-breaking issue for many communities/societies where the latter day barrage of "in your face" consumerism is making its own contours on our societies. It seems a losing battle to try and withstand the series of tsunamis coming at us from all sides. And I can only think of one person responsible for this. No, not Rupert Murdoch! But the man who invented the telephone - a Canadian named Alexander Graham Bell. Can we forsee the day when Sikhs will no longer be identified by their turbans? And in Punjab itself ? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/223276.cms Maybe distinct societies (Goan) are headed towards being hordes of replicants; like those manufactured by Tyrell (Blade Runner, 1982). Best - B _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org