-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Wishing all Goanetters | | a Prosperous | | and | | Happy New Year - 2006 | | Goanet - http://www.goanet.org | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article makes very interesting reading. But who exactly make up the targets which the author is attacking?
Although the article is outwardly critical of "bhailes", ironically the clearest object of derision are Goans themselves, specifically the "nouveau riche brat pack"! A second category is labelled "foreign residents". This is ambiguous. Is "foreign" as in "foreigners"? And is "resident" as in NRGs? You get the point, right? In other words, Goans may just be in the author's line of fire -- again! (perhaps inadvertently). Finally, the third group is described as the "celebrity hungry society crowd". This group is supposedly infected by the "celebrity virus offloaded from Mumbai and Delhi". Again the allusion seems somehow to be to local Goans. If foreigners and out-of-staters are actually responsible for dominating Goans across the board as the author seems to be hinting then it should be said so in less ambiguous terms. (To be fair I find other writers in the media are also equally if not more evasive on this issue!) Recognising the problem correctly may be half way to meaningful solutions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
