Their enterprise has been a nett plus for all Indians, Goans included. eric.
________________________________ From: Oscar Lobo oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au Dear Cynthia Just so that you know we have sold our paternal ancestral house two years ago to our neighbour - a Goan Hindu and not to any Delhites or Gujaratis or Malabaris. "Love one another as I have loved you. It is easier for a Camel to enter the gates of Heaven, then for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Oscar C. Lobo. From: Cynthia Fernandes Dear Friends, Just returned home from the well orchestrated Global Goan Convention in Oman, met a lot of dignitaries, MLA's (present and past) respectable friends (known and made more like minded friends too). Some of the Hot topics of the Convention was: 1. Properties in Goa sold to elite Delhites or elite NON GOANS 2. Changes and Change needed within us for a Better Goa. My humble request Goan brothers and sisters NOT to sell your ancestral properties to these elite Delhites or Non Goans just for a few crores.. Goa being your mother land and selling your ancestral houses is like selling your MOTHER.. It was rightly said, by one of the speakers at this GGC in Oman, that these crores will get over fast and you will wondering why did i sell my property owned by my parents, think of your children, grand children they can use these properties instead of having this so called Mega building projects and in turn cutting down hills and forest and losing the greenery to these so call projects. Think of our environment. Think Green. I hail from Nerul and it is shocking to see a decent two bedroom flat in Nerul, Bardez cost something like 58 laks ( which I cant afford) and built on some marshy land by some rich landlord, land sold to this landlord by some Goan from the village who felt, money in crores would make more sense put in the bank rather than have a ancestral house in Nerul the place where they were born and bred. This not only sad but pathetic, and for sure the Panchayat or the MLA of the place has or had gladly endorsed the necessary transaction papers (with a few lakhs in their own pocket). Lets us GOANS not have this attitude "MAKKA KITE PODLA" attitude. who cares who stays on our land as long as we have become rich. In this case why call your self a GOAN rather be called literally NON GOAN. Looking forward to a more of these conventions, but lets put in action what ever the speakers spoke on before we meet again next year. Mog Assum Cynthia
