Just to clear matters Aristo I don't think Goan women living in Goa spend their time making pattice or cutlecy which is what Selma said - seriously or in jest I don't know. If I was living in Goa which I have for the greater part of my life, this forum would have no use for me. Then I probably would have joined realclimate.org or some food and wine blog. Because there I could learn new stuff. So I am not surprised that barring a few, Goan women (living in Goa) do not contribute to our discussions. There are plenty of other Indian discussion groups where topics such as corruption, environment, development and sustainability, religion in the modern world are being discussed. Its not that they don't have anything to say. Women in Goa are doing really well, balancing great careers with family, not an easy feat considering they don't have all the first world facilities like comfortable public transportation, day care etc. I am very impressed at the daughters of my friends who take posts overseas, work for big name companies and are very self assured. At the NIO where I spent two weeks there were women everywhere (apparently they cant find any guys to do fieldwork!!) and they are working toward their doctorates in very interesting fields like paleoclimate, molecular biology and biotechnology. However, I do wonder why Goan women overseas especially from the two biggest communities of Canada and the UK are so absent from this forum which I think is very informative and often entertaining for us expatriates. Where I wonder are the wives and daughters of the many who write so vociferously and often at great leeeeeegth! I saw plenty of ladies at Viva Goa!!! I do know a few Goan women living in Canada and the USA - one is very busy with her extremely demanding career but there are also a few who spend a disproportionate amount of time are chatting on the phone about who's getting married to who in Goa and which same caste party is happening next week where they can take inventory of the latest crop of Goan bachelors even though their daughters are not in the marriage market yet!!!! Its not my business what anyone does but a few lines would have been welcome! Helga
> Don't worry Selma, all the girls around me in my generation were > encouraged to do what they WANTED to do, but boys will be boys, and > girls will be girls, we have different interests and priorities. > However, none of them can make fish cutlecy for me! > > Cheers, > Aristo. > > On 11/30/06, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> While boys are >> left in the company of men to talk about the issues of >> the day, girls are encouraged to "help" in the kitchen >> and serve appetizers (also called pattices in Goa). We > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------