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.
We could have sold it for much more; however we ask them to give us just Rs.6
Lakhs.
If anyone doubts this statement, please let me know and I will give
you the contact of the person whom we sold in Mapusa.
Greed for money is entering in the minds of our Goans; hopefully we can start
reading the bible relevant to greed and the most important commandment
"Love one another as I have loved you"
I am negotiating with our maternal side to sell our property to a Goan as well
for a
reasonable price and not astronomical one.
It is easier for a Camel to enter the gates of Heaven, then for a rich man to
enter
the kingdom of God.
Look at the Keralites, they read the bible and therefore they have unity, we
hardly
read the bible and we have no unity.
Warm Regards
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
