>We have many problems, yes. But I still love being here. Being in Goa >gives me a feeling that my work matters, and an ability to understand the >context. FN >
I forgot to mention this most critical aspect, that being here in Goa, you get the greater satisfaction that "You can make a difference" ... as opposed to say being in America, where for the most part considered "foreign labor for hire" without much of a say or impact ! At the same time we do need Goans to constantly critique the state of affairs in Goa in a "constructive" way ... and sometimes one does need to resort to vitriolic to get the "susegado" Goan machinery to move on things ! I would say that we need more "watch-dog" type activists in Goa to keep prodding on for "Continuous Improvement" across the state as things tend to be easily get lost in a file gathering dust in a corner. For example, we hear about a lot of "projects" approved by the government, but many of these "approved projects" are sitting in files gathering dust. One much needed "watch-dog" group activity is needed to see that once these projects are "approved" that work on them commences "immediately". In Goa, the machinery has the attitude of doing things "Tommorow" but the "Tommorow" never comes ! We also need a "watch-dog" group to see that projects are untertaken with high-quality standards. There is a lot of corruption in this regard, where for example, a project is approved for a certain amount, but the work is undertaken at a sub-standard level, and money is siphoned off, by compromising on the quality. For example, It seems that the Margao Municipality has undertaken to paint around the Municipal garden fencing... but a number of sections of the fencing are fallen apart, pieces of the concrete sections coming off and exposing the steel re-enforcing bars ... A good quality engineering work would be to first fix and patch up all these broken pieces in the boundary all around, and then apply the new paint. Instead of just painting over the broken pieces ... This is the kind of bad work that is much needed to be vocied out and critiqued !!! -- Brian __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
