Dear Velho, Your sarcasm notwithstanding, thank you for acknowledging at least one good idea from me :)) Actually, with everyone decrying the demise of Goan society these days, I was going to write a post saying if Vehlo and Aristo are any indication of the Goan youth of today, we have to be extremely proud of this generation, rather than ring its death knoll.
The reason, you don't find so many Goan expat youth engaged in NGO activities, while European youth are, is because of the difference in our parent's ideology about what constitutes a good "secondary level" education. Europeans place a lot of emphasis on traveling the world and discovering themselves, while we Indians place emphasis on a good academic secondary and tertiary level education. There is no room for this "discovery bavery business". Selma ----------------------------------- --- Velho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
