I always get interesting personal mail with comments. It's a shame that these silent voices don't feel encouraged to participate on Goanet, but democracies are shaped as much by the silent majority as the vocal minority and their input is important.
One of the interesting mails I received was to do with the pilferage of Goan Catholic Art through unscrupulous art & antique dealers. Ofcourse this happens in large part due to the fact that antiques do not have a market in Goa itself and so these priceless treasures find their way out of Goa. It wouldn't be at all surprising if we have to buy back our own antiques a couple of years from now, in the same way China does. The fact of the matter is, anyone who genuinely wants to protect our heritage is strapped for cash. In the US, art is supported through (a) government grants (b) private organisations (c) Hollywood (d) private donations. The more I think about it, the more I feel that we NRI/Expat Goans have been so apathetic to Goa. We decry its loss of heritage and yet do nothing to protect it. There are so many of us earning in dinars and dollars and pounds and our contribution to Goa has been negligible. Even the Gulfie Goan does nothing more than self-serving repatriations. Where is the Altruistic Goan hiding? If ever there a cause for NRI/Epat Goans to undertake it would be the setting up of an organisation that coordinates donations and grants from NRI/Expats in Goa, for legitimate art and heritage related projects undertaken by Goans in Goa. Selma --- Roland Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some time ago, after my appeal for for a museum, > Cecil Pinto suggested > privately that a first step would be the creation of > a cyber-museum. > __________________________________________________ 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
