--- Sunith D Velho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Roland, > > Sometime ago Selma expressed a similar sentiment to > yours by saying she > was happy not to be born and brought up in Goa, > which got me quite > bewildered as to how a person who is happy not to > have been born, > brought up and lived in Goa could proudly claim to > be a Goan. > ---------------------------------- Dear Sunnith,
There are few times when I will get absolutely furious and I'm afraid this is going to be one of them. I am getting really sick and tired of constantly being dragged into posts that I have nothing to do with and constantly being misquoted. I wonder when I said I was glad not to be born in Goa, especially since I was born in Ribander, Goa, India. My mother delivered me on a table, which years later my husband studied on, since the hospital is now an academic institution. The second part of your sentence, that I was glad I wasn't raised in Goa was said in the context of caste prejudice. So don't misquote me. Yes, I was glad I was raised in Dubai, where my father gave me the type of life I could never imagine having in Goa, given that my father was born on the wrong sides of the track both in terms of caste and money. I'm sorry we didn't have the privilege of being to the manor born, of inheriting bhats and living a life that money and power bestows on people like you. Good for you I say, but don't for one moment judge the choices other Goans born into desperate poverty made and make to this day. Now as for Roland's post, I can understand why you and a few others on this board would get all hot under the collar about it. Unfortunately, the truth is Goa is in a state of devolution rather than evolution. There are a few good people working tirelessly to raise it from the cesspool it has managed to sink into, but there are far more people and circumstances that are proving to be the tidalwave of its misfortune. Perhaps it is time for you to accept the reality of the situation rather than being a sleeping Peter waiting for the cock to crow thrice. Selma ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006 For more details visit http://www.bmxgoa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------
