--- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" wrote: > Could you elaborate on how this would vary? Would it > be true to say > that the 'nostalgia' of second- or third-generation > expats reflects > more the realities of the Goa of the 1940s and the > 1950s, then say, > the Goa of the 1980s or 1990s? > Nasci responds: Fred I do not think we should spend too much bytes or goanetters' time on this frivolous topic. It is not directly or even indirectly beneficial to Goan life or to the Land of Goa. However I shall add just this once to further my opinion on this topic. In my opinion and experience 'Nostalgia about Goa' does not vary as per second or third generation Goans resident abroad. (Exparts as you say are Indians very much and are abroad as expatriates in the country where they are on a temporary basis, only the length of time varying!)Adults who emigrate from India to other countries and settle there, are bound to be nostalgic about almost eveything that they have left behind; only the degree and type of nostalgia will vary according to the 'level' secial and economic, living environment that they left behind. Young children on the other hand will only remember grand ma/pa and aunty/uncle and their fondness for them. Adults of second and third generation will only remember nostalgia as exposed to them continually by their parents and so on. Those who left pre 1961 will have some resentment if they were 'doing well' in that era, but others who were struggling and subdued by the Gaonkars and high castes (the real rulers)will not harbour good nostalgia! I mean that there would be a direct link as to one's status in society and earning capacity, etc. about the degree and type of Nostalgia!
Frederick: > For instance, my folks, returning in the 1960s > struggled for the next > decade or two (or more) trying to reconcile the > "Goa" in their minds > with the reality of post-1961 Goa ... causing a lot > of serious > heartburn. What we see now is, that despite the Net, > everyone clings > on to their own idea of what it means to be "Goan" > and how to > interprete "Goa". > Nasci: Of course there are differences in interpretation of what it means to be Goan, or of what Goa was and should be! That's natural, because like India, Goa too has several communities, religions, castes, and taboos and likes and dislikes all living in comparative apartheid, with harmony and tolerance only on the surface! This is bound to explode and cause a revolution with the peoples enlightenment through education and knowledge; I only hope that it is a 'peaceful' revolution! Frederick: > Of course, there is no single reality of the truth. > There are just > multiple versions, and interpretations, of it. --FN > Nasci concludes: That's right; there are multiple variations and no single version can be the truth to everyone. > On 27/12/06, Nasci Caldeira wrote: > > Yes I agree! However the 'Nostalgia' of persons > born > > and bred in India/Goa and then 'Settled' abroad is > > very different from an Indian just 'Wandering' and > has not really changed his abode for long. > > Just my opinion! Nasci Caldeira Melbourne, Down Under! Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
