Dear Good People - Goans,
Many people term overseas Goans as NRI and sometimes NGO. I am unsure if there is another nomenclature for Goans. 1. To me, the definition of Non Resident Indians are those that live and work overseas on an Indian passport and are intending to come back to Goa or detour elsewhere depending on the meaning of greener pastures, whatever that means to each individual's understanding. 2. What terminology is used for Goans living and working overseas with foreign passports and an OCI or PIO and those without these documents. We need to remember here that no: 1 & 2 have the best of both worlds to give back to Goa. 3. Finally, it takes me to another question that pops up now and then - recently someone again asked on this forum "Who is a Goan" - is it one who has a ration card, ancestral property and if not what else is required to fit the definition. I have addressed this to a broad spectrum of people who read Goanet. My definition some years ago was truncated by a learned person and a business man in Panjim Goa where I had attended an annual Goan meet. Thank you for your time. Regards Oscar C. Lobo Melbourne.