Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:03:53 +0400 From: "Arwin Mesquita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can you put your ANTI-GOAN IDENTITY views in the Goa's Media; lets see what Goans in Goa have to say about it. > Mario responds: > Arwin, > To begin with, I reject your premise, because the simple fact is that there is no single Goan Identity. For example, my Goan identity is different from yours, from Santosh's, from Jane's, from Vidhyadhar's, and from Shakheel-bhai's who fixes my car when I am in Goa, and on and on ad infinitum. > However, I think the evidence shows that you have an anti-Indian identity, in addition to the now well-known confusion between a private home, a state like Goa within a democracy like India and a feudal tribal federation like the UAE. > In response to your request, I will be glad to send letters to the Editors of the publications you have mentioned, and will post a copy on Goanet. > But, are the Goans in Goa who read those publications any different from the Goans on Goanet, where my never humble views are legendary?:-)) > We have seen what Goans on Goanet have to say. To summarize, we have seen: > a) a few Goans who live in Goa who don't want their fellow-Indians to migrate to Goa, even though Goans have migrated all over the world for decades > b) a few Goans who do not live in Goa who don't want their fellow-Indians to migrate to Goa, even though they themselves live elsewhere and dream of returning to Goa "someday", sadly, some in hardwood boxes > c) some bitter Goans who seem unable to tell the difference between what the influx of movie stars means for the preservation of old Portuguese-era homes in their villages and for Goa's economy in general, versus the defacing of the Goan countryside by venal builders, some of who are Goans, some non-Goans, who bribe corrupt officials in order to obtain permits and licenses for grossly ugly developments incompatible with their surroundings. > d) some observers who believe that, regardless of what we may personally want, all Indians have a right to live wherever they want, including in Goa, just as all Goans have always had a right to live and work anywhere in India > Chances are that the responses to any letter they publish in a Goan newspaper will fall along the same lines. >