Selma, Your idea is a great one.
Unfortunately trying to find a meaningful internship with a goan commercial firm would be major stumbling block.Educationally equipped youth are leaving Goa in droves for great jobs and internships with Indian firms in the rest of the country for this precise reason. (Thank God no one refers to us as bhaile and there are no labour control agencies!). However, NGO's are doing interesting stuff in Goa in many fields(and they always need help). I have met a few non resident 2nd generation Goan and other Indian youth doing internships with these NGO's. Its a great and easy way to experience social and economic realities in Goa. However I must mention that many more European and American youngsters(not of Goan extraction) do this than Expat Goan youth. I have always wondered the reason for this. It is also a major concern in Goa, that the youth living here have poor knowledge of their local history, architecture, tradition, literature, etc. But I guess mothers/fathers the world over are and always have been complaining about that. Regards Sunith Velho Selma wrote: The young man or woman, would spend a year in Goa working with a Goan firm and living with a Goan family. This participating family would introduce the man to the local history, architecture, tradition, literature, music, socio-economic realities and everything else relevant to the Goa of yesteryear and today. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
