Dear readers
Nearly over a hundred and fifty years ago some of our ancestors left Goa with their Potlos and koitos leaving the Pearl of the Orient having been told “the world is your oyster”. Our Goykars are the only community I know that can be European and Indian at the same time. Today’s disgruntled and homeless new arrivals in breadline Britain from Goa find solace at the great institution built by the son of a carpenter from Nazareth. After Sunday service it is now common to hear of a scuffle or two going on resulting in hospital admission. All in the name of LOVE. Let me explain. When today’s young men left Goa in this century to seek their fortune they left their lady loves behind and asked their fellow Goykars in Goa to “look after them”. Their fellow Goykars in Goa are doing just that - looking properly after their lady loves. This is now turning into jealousy and “pistols after Sunday service” in other words a proper Goan kestao. Local settled Goykars in the United Kingdom who have been here for years and who were once “Proud to be Goan” are becoming embarrassed to be associated with these “Koitoheads” who are easy to spot, just like the Koito they are sharp, bent and given the chance are ready to eat you out of house and home including your job. With the festa dis season around the corner these koitoheads will gate crash a function towards the end with no dress code and trainers expecting everyone to welcome them. They bring with them Goa’s next export – corruption. The settled Goykars mainly from East Africa have resolved their embarrassment, the men now prefer to say that they come from Daman and ladies from Dui. Valentine’s Day signals the end of the chocolate run to Goa which started in October. Special request to the hot loves in Goa, please recall these koitoheads and stop the massacre and extermination of our Goan tribe. Lets all work toward being Proud to be Goan and Viva World Goa Day 2014. Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 12 February 2014
