1: Gabriel de Figueiredo: Wonder what the bomboimcars like Lambert Mascarenhas who strived to get the Portuguese out of Goa have to say about this. Why should bomboimcars be interested in Portuguese nationality? Is their land now sorrowing as well?
2: Floriano Lobo: Goans BEWARE, Please do not attend this SEMINAR. Stay away at ALL COSTS. It will only help in DRAINING more GOANS to European Ghettoes. And fill up GOA with Rest of INDIA'S undesirables. 3: Oscar Lobo: Was it not Catholic mumboimcars who pushed Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to "invade" Goa ? It is not easy to obtain Portuguese citizenship. COMMENT: a: Personally, I see NO harm in attending a sales seminar. Information is always enlightening and beneficial. b: It is true that those who travel on an Indian passport, face hurdles which the Portuguese passport holders are less likely to face. c: We need to remember that just obtaining a Portuguese, does not guarantee any Goan any job anywhere. d: Open competition is very tough. IF one is to succeed, one must be prepared. e: Among the preparatory steps: Study Portuguese and Learn how to communicate properly and decently in English - whatever your accent. f: Seriously and continuously upgrade one's academic and technical skills; Retrain in how one conducts one's self in public, on the job and with others; Leave behind those uncouth and disordeiro tendencies that some of us have picked up in the past several decades (unless we want to join the football hooligans). f: Be prepared to work very very hard.....IF we are to have a chance at succeeding; Otherwise, we will be relegated to playing the tool of the unprepared and unqualified i.e. "race card". (Not that discrimination does not happen. It happens all over the place including in India) g: BTW, If Goans were trained, retrained and 'prepared', they would likely succeed no matter which passport they possessed. ps1: As far as Lambert and Co are concerned, I am happy that they are happy to see and experience the degradation that has been wrought upon Goa. [ I am not mentioning the pseudo-FFs and those who landed in custody for rape, bigamy or armed chori etc. Oh puleeasse ....save me the well worn clichés & the bogus platitudes wrt the chors who carry/carried Portuguese bullets wherever. Try the same anarchic behaviour now and see what happens......unless you have 'backing'] ps2: I would not discourage any Goan from reclaiming his or her Portuguese nationality, which is a Right accorded to the eligible ones. I say, Go Ahead, If you feel ready for the challenge of global competition. To those who are looking ONLY for the Portuguese passport, and believe that somehow the passport will find them jobs, I have NIL to say. They are welcome to waste their time and money with 'agents'. jc written in one go ...pl excuse the typos, if any --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------