Ha, Aristo, that little jewel embedded in all that volume: "I myself, will eventually become one, I presume."
And may we presume from the tone of your paragraph that you will be in the most favorable category of QUOTE there are those who still have a loyalty to Goa, and are elsewhere in order to earn some good money in their professions, because either the profession or the money is not available in Goa, but they contribute in some way or other and eventually return to their homeland UNQUOTE. Nice mandate laid out for yourself. No consideration for the future ie will you get married? Will your family prefer to stay overseas permanently? Or perhaps you are of the male dominant category that will make the family do what you want to do. Not counting the possibility that you yourself no matter what you say today, may likely change your mind tomorrow. You have a poor understanding of the meaning of the word NRIs, because referring to your remarks about pledging loyalty to their new country of citizenship, one could scarcely call them NRIs which means non-resident INDIANS, while those you speak of are really (to you) foreign citizens. Why are all those who are so touchy about the reality of the mess either a) freshly off the boat from Goa (Sunith) or b) would have made a beeline to themselves leave if they were younger and therfore up to the challenge (Cecil) or c) hope to go overseas, contribute to Goa while they are there and return to Goa (Aristo). They immediately and in a knee-jerk manner confuse criticism for 1) disloyalty to Goa 2) non-contribution to Goa (yes they have gone deep into seeing whether such contribution has been made by others or not) or 3) some other secret agenda they can make up to obfuscate the real issue (example no Goans living outside are making contributions to the countries they live in, because the country is already well developed). That latter argument of course assumes that no contribution need be made to any developed country. It will remain developed since it was already developed. Exit the dynamic of nationhood, enter the theory of once a country develops, it will remain developed forever. Makes one wonder why all that solicited immigration is necessary. Roland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
