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Happy New Year Twenty-Ten --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samir.. if what you say is true (I hope its not) then I suggest you and those who dont care about Goan Identity give up the "proud to be Goan" part if your slogan. Arwin Message: 3 Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:31:26 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar <samir_kele...@yahoo.com> To: Goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Proud to be a Goan, I am an Indian first Message-ID: <410184.43733...@web34202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Arwin writes: >Of course Sachin will can be a proud Maharashtrian in the forseeable future >but can we be proud Goans in the near future; as by then our identity might >not exist!! Go ask the lay Goans in Goa if they are concerned about their identity. Get their answers, and then post on the internet. Identity for you who has a job in the UAE is a different issue than for someone who is in Goa, I feel. I recently met someone in Goa. He is an expat returned from abroad and has started an IT company in Goa. He has come back to Goa for the love of the land and wants to create jobs. Unlike many others who although highly qualified and can do a lot positively are only spouting hot air... What is his requirement --- he wants that the Goa govt. give a tax vacation to small IT companies. Is he bothered about mining ? Yes, but he feels rightly that jobs in areas such as IT are Goa's equal need apart from stopping mining. My question is: how many of those who have made good money abroad think on the lines of this guy ? It is easy to preach about saving Goa's identity after you are cosy economically and you dont need to make a living in Goa. It is a totally different ball game for say today's young generation. I know tons of twenty something Goans who are going to Pune, Bangalore for jobs. Tell them to stay in Goa and stop mining. Are they interested? Heck, no. Tell them your identity will vanish, are they interested. Heck, no. One needs to realize that for a young person in today's world making a good living is high priority. That is what all the NRGs in this forum have done. Now that they are cosy, they are talking identity. Unless we solve the problem of these young people, we cannot solve the problem of Goan identity, I feel. regards, Samir -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. For the Love of Konkani: http://www.radiogoa.net/ 6. Goa's Identity Movement website: http://www.goamag.net/gim 7. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686 8. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/