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Subject: Goa's tribulations Re: Kerala works, Goa doesn't .... GL Response on 12/29/03: Hi Oliver, I am uncertain whether you received a reply to your observant post of 12/22/03. I may have missed the response. Or with the holidays, Goan folks may have been too busy. Oh Yeah! :=)) Thanks for that insightful post. I will leave it to the native Goenkars to respond to your specific question on the work ethic and the failed rapport between various segments in Goa. >From my perspective, Goans do have an underlying problem, be in their native land or in the Diasporas. So I am not picking on the Khoro Niz Goenkars. The reason why Goans have a hindrance (unlike Keralites) is because we Goans (and I am a proud member of that clan) are "too smart for our own good". Or in other words contrary to the popular opinion, it is the smart Goans that are not infrequently the obstacle. Your suggestion is like "pouring water on a duck's back". :=) These suggestions to Khoro Niz Goenkars come from Diaspora Goenkars who have elected / have been forced to get out of bed, off our butt and work - starting at 6 am or 8 am. There is no one to offer us "baba putta" or listen to our kaneos; not even our spouses who have to do the same. And the boss at work will not say, "You get the day off (with pay) because of the freezing weather." Native Goenkars may laugh at our plight. But they can also learn from it. Some time back I posted a story on the cyberspace on the susegad Goencho pao the moral being: Why work hard so that I can relax after my success? I can relax right now, before and sometimes without any success :=))). So instead of having our nose to the grind, and be productive, we argue from here to eternity with little to show at the end. This means if Goans go out of their way to help a tourist, they may provide a great service to Goa and its tourist industry i.e. to themselves, as one of two or three native Goans (some one from their own family) works for tourism. Regards, GL, NY. "Oliver Seixas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?from Switzerland writes on 12/22/03: Kerala works, Goa doesn't .... Some of them attribute it to the almost 100% education penetration in the general population. Some to the work ethic and others to the quiet and efficient organizational rapport between authority and private enterprise. The latter simply put meaning that both the govt and the people have decided they want tourist dollars for the long haul and have made the necessary sacrifices to put that goal in place. What is it that prevents Goa from applying the same methodology? Is Goa better off if somehow someday someone-else gets the tourists and the Goans are left to their once pristine peace? And with it the "outsiders" nobody seems to want. "Oliver Seixas" ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
