Hi Valmiki,
Well written article. You should have written more about the Type I - NRG
(non-resident Goan).
I am still wondering how / why the Type-3 Goans are classified as NRG?
I hope you get answers to your questions that you pose below and share them
with us.
As regards the NRG-Type 2: What happens when all this "largely a variable
quantum of hot air" gets under one roof like at a conference or symposium? Is
it worse when this get-together is in Goa or abroad? I hope all the NRG-Type 2
read your article and accept your pointed message.
Looks like you got both earfuls from some NRG-type2 visiting Goa last
November-March. Yet the NRG-type 2 may have some hope - so do not give up. When
they come to Goa, approach them with, "Hey anybody wanna see ..." (or the
konkani version of it). You can fill them / us with factoids, trivia; together
with some comedy, tragedy and irony of our beloved Goa. Thus on their return
to their diaspora land, their expertise will be more fact-based than fanciful.
Thanks to you and others, NRG-Type 2 Goans will see their ancestral land with
new eyes and make new friends. The chances are, in return, they will
reciprocate the understanding and education and a long lasting bond will be
established. For a minimum you should give these NRG-Type 2 Goans credit for
journeying half way around the world to be in Goa. Tourism is Goa's numbro uno
economy!!!
If your sense of humor is intact, do not blame the subset of NRG-Type 2 who
suffer from chronic wander-lust and visit other parts of the world; returning
to Goa only rarely. The NRG-Type 2 could sooner or latter be converted to
NRG-Type 3, sometimes albeit later. Even a retired NRG has muchos-anos of
experience. Goans could save themselves from paying lotsa 'consultancy fees' -
that is of course if they are not already tired of the "largely variable
quantum of hot air".
Regards, GL
----------- Valmiki Faleiro
This, eventually, made me notch my categories of Goan expats up by one. Let us
call them NRG-Type 3. If the NRG-Type 1 helps shore up the Goan economy, and
Type 2 is largely a variable quantum of hot air, Type 3 should warm every Goan
heart in Goa.
Type 3 is a rarer breed. Up against all odds, they made a conscious choice to
return to their ancestral land. Not after retirement like most, but when in the
prime of their careers. Do these young Goans tell a story? Ponder it over.
Does Goa lack opportunity, or do we Goans lack something else? If there is
will, there surely must be a way.
In sum, to the Type 2, Goa may be just another holiday. To the Type 1, it means
home. To the Type 3, Goa is where one returns to, recharges one?s roots, and
begins to flower again. May they bloom more!
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