Dear Ana If my memory serves me well, I believe you included me in an e-mail late last year regarding Goans Going Gone overseas and are taking up and continue with menial jobs albeit there are plenty opportunities in India. I suppose like money you have lived in Mumbai all your life.
I will hand you over the benefit of doubt that you believe that India including the new State of Goa (and you would probably be one of the many Freedom Fighters in Mumbai that I know of few). I believe you that India has progressed and the beauty of the economy is with the holder. No one may refute the fact that your class mate was drawing Rs 60K when the price of commodities was low and as you say a rice of plate would cost a Rupee. That is not true because I was in India at that time and a cup of tea for four annas! BTW, was it annas or paise that time? I may have forgotten. No one will doubt your story; however any judgement cannot be based on a solitary basis. Are there any more instances? In 1970's immigration was not too hard to get specially for Goans for obvious reasons ie education, versatility, command on English language so on and so forth. It surprises me that when things were so cheap those days, why would anyone pay a huge sum of money and that too for a menial job. This does not sit well vis-a-vis for a person of the calibre that you have described. Could it be that the overseas country that you friend went to did not recognised his university degree as it still happens in the western world? Does this couple have children and have any of them gone overseas or pushing their parents that they would like to go to overseas countries. Is the family still in India? Presumably, they are not from Goa and therefore are not eligible for a Portuguese Passport. If they were then they would not have to pay the immigration agent huge some of money. As you say, there are many opportunities in Mumbai or any part of India, could you please let us know because my family and I are happy to return if you can get us our line of job and salary commensurate to experience and education. If that is possible, then we may as well start singing Tom Jones song - The old home town looks the same......... And BTW, have we to change our first names to make it easier for employers to select our job applications? In your earlier e-mail to many of us, I recall you made a statement that Goans overseas are doing menial jobs and there are hardly any Goansoverseas who hold positions etc. Which countries did you visit Ms A. Naik? OL
