------------------------------------------------------- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.casadegoa.org -------------------------------------------------------
Yeah, Dilip. You couldn't have said it better. Reena Deelip Menezes wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD > Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: > http://www.casadegoa.org > ------------------------------------------------------- > > My great grandfather used to till the soil in someone else's field in Divar. > My grandfather bought his own field in Divar and tilled it. Later he took up > a job so that he could better educate his children. My father initially > helped in the fields and later, thanks to the education he received, worked > in the Department of Telecommunications. He left Divar and settled in > Porvorim so that I could get a better education. I studied to be a > Mechanical Engineer, worked for a couple of years and started my business. I > am already big making plans for my three and a half year old son. > > So why am I telling you all this? Not to worry, there is actually a point to > all this. Stay with me. > > Human beings, by default, improve themselves and the environment they live > in. We are designed that way. When our neighbourhood does not have the > opportunities or resources to fulfill our needs we move to newer places. > > It is quite easy to look down on migrants, call them "ghantis" and wish that > they were never here "spoiling" Goa. Remember they are working hard to > provide a better education and better jobs to their kids, just like all our > forefather's did. > > Basically, life is one big game of Fill in the Blanks. We educate our > children to be something better than ourselves. In the bargain, we leave a > blank in our place. Someone else comes and fills it up. After all, we are > also filling up someone else's blank when we go to work abroad. > > We complain that migrants and "outsiders" are taking over Goa. Yes, they > are. They are simply filling in the blanks created by the Goans who are > "taking over" the Gulf and other countries. > > Deelip Menezes > www.deelipmenezes.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, > 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. > This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone > wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by > Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally > by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
