-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Wishing all Goanetters | | a Prosperous | | and | | Happy New Year - 2006 | | Goanet - http://www.goanet.org | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Often, one comes across signals lamenting about the influx into Goa of labouring classes mainly from Karnatake and Andhra.
It has been rightly said that economics abhors vacuum which sooner, rather than later has to be filled no matter how. The educated and others of the Goan catholic society are of the opinion that sooner one leaves the country, the better it is for the future of their children. These are, I am afraid, the more governing our society today. Let us pause for a moment and ponder over the difficulties facing a Goan who has a house with a few coconut and mango trees. Come, rainy season, water leaks through the roof, because of a broken tile or a wooden beam that holds the tiles. One can go his knees to beg the local Goan labourer who could hardly be bothered about your exigency. ''Aiz yetolo, falleam yetolo, pavon , pavonc na.'' At the end of the rainy season, grass grows tall around the house. Coconuts ripen and fall to the ground to be picked by the passers by. And so is the case with the mangoes. It is the non-Goan labourer who is at one's back and call and does the job to one's satisfaction and rather cheaply too, so that one can enjoy a glass of chilled beer sitting cozily in the balcao after the sunset. Antonio -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------