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Dear Joe,
I have just come back from Una, Himachal Pradesh where I met up with an old
friend.
Her mother-in-law, a typical Himachali, asked my friend if I am a 'from Goa'
Goan or
'from somewhere else' Goan. You may take your own meaning from this.
There is a difference between origin/ethnicity and nationality.
A sense of identity largely comes from traditional/cultural habits, food habits
and
of course spoken language. If you speak 'Pahari language' in Goa, people would
hardly call you a Goan. There are many communities living in Goa who do not
speak or
need to speak konkani. Well,even Goans in Vasco, hardly ever speak in Konkani.
It is
more convenient to speak in English when you have such a variety of people
living
together.
One of the requirements of a government sector job in Goa is fluency in the
Konkani
language. A language expert sits on the interview panel and gauges this. So as
long
as someone is fluent in Konkani no matter what his/ her origin is, he is
elgible for
the job. The name/ surname has never been a criteria for 'job selection'.
Of course, besides this, the expertise in 'subject/topic' also needs to be
checked.
I have been told that different states have different lists of scheduled
castes/
tribes. And for a job reserved for SC/ST in Goa, only those appicants, who
belong to
the Goan lists, are eligible.
I think the state Govt. has taken some precautions in this regard.
regards,
Dr. Jen, PhD (UK)
Vasco-da-gama, Goa
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it fair to all CONCERNED ?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP ?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?
--- On Mon, 1/26/09, JoeGoaUk wrote:
From: JoeGoaUk
Subject: Job Vacancy: For Goans only! But who is a Goan??
To: goa...@goanet.org
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 3:21 PM
Job Vacancy: For Goans only! But who is a Goan??
Yes, who is a Goan?
Merely having names like Naik, Salgaokars, Asnodkar, Fernandes, D' Souza,
Pereira
etc make you a Goan?
What about the others (including Sardaji, Lamani etc) who are in Goa for last
10
years or so, are they not Goans?
They are in Goa, working and speaking fluent Konkani better than the most NRI
children, are they not Goans?
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