Selma,
Since morning, after I have read this article in the NT, I could'nt wait to
comment on it. But being busy the whole day, I am here to do the needful and
voila! I see your comments. I shall go ahead and do what I must do, the
usual thing, when I like what is said and disagree with other things which
according to me are not.
Though Arun Sinha has taken a dislike for my face when I was very very
critical of his certain comments on Goans during the Meta Strip imbroglio,
I have sent appreciative letters to him whenever he has made good sense.
This one, as far as I am concerned, is one such article which makes good
sense but I shall, as you will see, will want to disagree on a few points
that he has made out.
And Rocky has done me a favour so I don't have to re-type it all over again.
b/rgds
floriano
goasuraj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa of Our Dreams: Living Within a China Wall
(ArunSinha)
I couldn't help reading this article over and over again. How the crystal
clear lucid thoughts of this non-Goan, have articulated exactly the problem
facing Goa. When I read the posts of such non-Goans as Sinha and Thomas
Philip, I ask myself why is it that only non-Goans have this vision for Goa.
Is it because their kaleidoscope of thought is so much broader? Their lens
so much clearer. I've also found the non-Goans on this forum like the Sen
Guptas and the Gadgils to be the least xenophobic. It is only us Goans who
talk about Niz Goenkarponn and Goenkar rogott and think it is a badge of
honour. That includes me, who is not immune to good old fashioned jingoism
so easily aroused by emotion but which generally dies with the cold light of
rationalisation.
When I read this, I wish for more and more such intelligent, articulate
people to come from whichever part of the world and settle in Goa. Goa needs
you.
selma
--- On Tue, 6/24/08, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Although I am one with them with a banner in their
procession—because my Mandovi was robbed from me—I am
still confused about what saving Goa means. Does it mean
freezing Goa, as it exists today? Does it mean stopping all
human activities that cause browning and overcrowding of
Goa?
