VERY ARTICULATE ARGUMENT, GILBERT BAB. I have noticed much apathy amongst GOANS in GOA, though Fred is a very dynamic guy with a tremendous track record.
SALIGAO is one of the Top Villages And itβs a good life there. Whilst I tend to live on the coastal belt And love π CANDOLIM, And the BEACH π β¦ our top GOANS in GOA seem to have a sceptical view towards everything I personally have NEVER received much positive encouragement COVID PANDEMIC and recession has brought our GOANS down to reality The DIASPORA send money π° home > On 30 Jun 2023, at 01:07, Gilbert Lawrence <gilbert2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > ο»Ώ > I saw the u-tube video on this topic with great interest. There was more > heat than light! I do not still understand the messages and points of the > arguments. > > Goans have been migrating in and out of Goa since even before the Portuguese > arrived. They migrated during the Portuguese era and even after they left. > > Throughout all these periods, the most frequent cause for migration is > personal economic improvement. The other factors are wars, famines, > pestilences. These causative factors were active even during the inquisition. > During this period the rulers of Ikkeri and Keladi in Kanara were offering > Goans land to settle and cultivate. > > Because an event (s) occurred during the inquisition, it does not mean the > inquisition caused it. Just like because one leaves Goa today, the Goa or the > Indian governments did not cause it. > > While some Goans use the Portuguese passport as an entry to UK and EU; > several Goans and other Indians use the Mideast as an entry to Canada, > Australia and USA. > > Tens of thousands of people left Goa in the last two decades for the same > reasons millions left post-independent India to settle in the West. The > moderator claimed he would address this issue later but never did. > > The reasons why people in a village respect a family with a relative abroad > (as claimed by a panelist) is because experience shows the diaspora relative > sooner or later elevates the socio-economic standards of the family. > > For more information, please read our book - includes several chapters about > diasporas. Please forward this post to the panelists in the presentation. > > Best wishes > Gilbert Lawrence > Co-author: Insights into Colonial Goa > Published by Amazon and Kindle as paperback and e-book. > Available in India, Europe, Australia, Japan and USA > Goan - whose father migrated to Bombay, and then I left for England and then > USA; with every step being a career move. > > ---------- > From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> > Portugal, Goan gateway to the West? > https://youtu.be/AUD4bhbVDWw > >
