2009/8/23 Gabriel de Figueiredo <gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au>: > As I had mentioned a few weeks back, the > new generation only looks upon Goa as > one of their holiday destinations. The > younger generation in westernised society > have largely been brought up, whether for...
While you guys are being pessimistic from afar, let me tell you why I'm sitting in Goa and don't see everything in such black terms. For the first time in generations, Goa is a place which is not considered largely as a retirement home. People of my generation, quite a few whom I know, have opted to stay on, make Goa base, raise family here, work out of here, and find a satisfaction that only meaningful work (not tonnes of money) can bring. While we crib in cyberspace, many of them have gone on to build a better Goa, in more ways than one! Of course, many others have also opted to move out. But this has to be seen in the background of the fact that it was, till very recently, rather difficult if not impossible to earn a living in Goa, and migration was a necessity, not an aspiration. In the 1970s, many "Africander" Goans returned back, and lent a strong vibrancy to our societies here. Their children, in many cases, have moved back overseas by now. Some have stayed on. But let's not miss the significance that Goa is no longer a retirement home, where even finding a tenant for your empty home could be a tough task (something our politicians were quick to realise!) FN -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Konkani adages http://konkani-adages.notlong.com/ Medieval Goa http://medieval-goa.notlong.com/