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CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, I wonder if we could address
> alternative questions: why have so many Catholic
> Goans left Goan shores and are quite determined to
> continue doing so? Why in contrast, have so few
> Hindu Goans done likewise when the economic
> experience in Goa, for both, would not have been
> terribly different? Did Catholicism, introduced by
> the Portuguese some 500 years ago in Goa play the
> most significant factor providing the impetus for
> the exodus from Goa? I had discussed this issue
> briefly with Fred whilst travelling in a taxi in Goa
> last year but had no time to explore more fully his
> broad journalistic views of the situation.
> Hopefully, we will now complete that
> unfinished conversation on this theme Fred, and
> many Goanetters will help us to get to the bottom of
> the mystery as to why so many Goans want to love
> Goa, quite a lot, but from afar!
> Regards
Hi Cornel,
My moms side of the family arrived in Zanzibar in the
1870's. Yes, the USA had not yet celebrated its 100th
birthday. My understanding is that economic
possibilities is what made them leave Goa and travel
to those distance shores (in dhows, may I add).
I have no idea if Catholism has made it easier for
Goans to migrate out of Goa/India. What I do know is
why I immigrated from Tanzania to Canada. It was for
purely economic reasons. I could go to work in
Tanzania and get paid x number of dollars a month or
do the same work in Canada and get paid 5x dollars a
month. The Catholic/Hindu/Muslim services here in
Toronto are on par with the religious services in Goa.
As for you last question, that's a real mystery. The
longest time I have spent in Goa is four months. Yet I
love the place and claim to be Goan too.
Mervyn3.0
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