------------------------------------------------------------------------ Happy Birthday: St Britto's, which is 60 years old. Celebrations at St Jerome's Church Mapusa 11 am on July 30, 2006. Football match Loyola's vs. Britto's 11 am on July 31, 2006 at the school grounds.
http://bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elisabeth Carvalho (EC) wrote: The singular cry of some Goans in Goa, seems to be that anyone in diaspora shouldn't comment on topics relating to Goa, as all our opinions emanate from "armchairs". Cecil Pinto (CP) responds: Some Goans in Goa feel that armchair analysts should get off their backsides and do proper studies before suggestion grandiose plans with no grounding in reality. ---------- EC: Excuse me, but I thought the idea of forums like this was to engage in dialogue with the diaspora and share perspectives, insights and experiences. If that is not the aim of this forum then perhaps it should have a disclaimer which either forbids us to participate or requests us to limit our discussions to religion, philosophy and politics of our "adopted countries". When that gets too tedious, you can remind us that Goanet should focus on Goacentric issues. CP: Will the Admin Team please clarify whether the sole purpose of GoaNet is to 'engage in dialogue with the diaspora'. I didn't know that this was the primary purpose or even an important secondary purpose of this forum. I would like to engage in dialogue with Goans, and people with a stake in Goa, wherever they may be located. I have no particular interest in the 'diaspora' as a separate entity, specially if they don't have an economic stake in Goa. Perhaps I'm in the wrong place? Will someone from the Admin Team, or perhaps the founder, please clarify whether GoaNet is a 'diaspora' centric forum. --------- EC: In a world where information is exchanged at the press of a button, when images of war are relayed live, when stock-exchanges crash at the whiff of trouble thousands of miles away, when business does billions in trade halfway across the world, the arrogance and insularity of Goans in Goa, is not only unbecoming and unfashionable, but painfully parochial. CP: So Goans in Goa should be humble and arrogance should be the sole privilege of the diaspora? All that dramatic description of international business at the press of a button aside, what is important is that only those with a stake in Goa should be included in any decision making process regarding the future of Goa. If you can't be here and walk the talk, then at least invest your money in Goa and then talk. Else it's just empty rhetoric. Cheers! ========= _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org