--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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". > Mario observes: > It's an issue of timing. Most Indians in the US and Canada are still essentially into their first and second generations, and are still solidifying their foundation in the highly competitive new world. This is no different from European immigrant groups at this stage of development. > The next phase that is evolving is the gradual and increasing entry into the political arena led by people like Bobby Jindal and others across the country. I am also seeing more and more Indian faces and names in the print and TV media, which is a good sign. > The pure "do-gooders" will come in time. I am already seeing many second generation Indian-American kids involved in volunteerism and philanthrophy, ahead of their head-to-head European counterparts who immigrated within the last 40 years. >
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