Nice one Leah. How is the baby? Regards Xac =========== ----- Original Message ---- From: Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@goanet.org> Sent: Thursday, 27 April, 2006 12:49:58 AM Subject: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans
As a second generation NRI, the concept of NRI voting rights is of great interest to me. Firstly, the term NRI has been generally misused. NRI, is not a group of people. The term was primarily a banking concept, first introduced to accommodate those intrepid souls that made their way to the Arabian desert. Their remittances to India were banked under non-taxable, Non-Resident Indian or Non-Resident Indian (External) accounts with a massive 12-15% interest rate, to act as incentive. In the course of time and evolution, the term has almost acquired an ethnicity of its own. It's not uncommon to come across ads, that want NRI grooms, as if it was a certain section of society with definable traits and attributes. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
