------------------------------------------------------- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.casadegoa.org -------------------------------------------------------
I agree with you. There are countries out there that we should at least try at follow. However, we have another drawback - our pathetic system of reservation. The few jobs that are present are given to people keeping their votes in mind, not their actual need. Deelip Menezes -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Colaco Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:13 AM To: Goanet Subject: [Goanet] re Fill in the Blanks ------------------------------------------------------- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.casadegoa.org ------------------------------------------------------- re Fill in the Blanks Deelip Menezes wrote 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. ---- jc's comment --- Dear Dilip There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with filling in the blanks. There is also nothing wrong with employing the best available non-Goan to do a job in Goa that a Goan is unable or unwilling to do...especially in the Public Sector OR in a tourism/industrial sector which draws on resources from Goa. The problem comes when competent and willing to work Goans are technically prevented from competing for the jobs in Goa. I invite you to advise us IF 'Goans who are "taking over" the Gulf and other countries' in a remotely comparable fashion as is alleged about nonGoans in Goa. The only technical method I see being used in the Gulf - while employing folks from the subcontinent - is to pay them significantly less than what they would pay a non-subcontinental person for the same job. There NEVER will be a question of depriving a willing citizen of the Gulf a job. He will be paid higher than any person from the subcontinent (who are derogatorily called miskis ). Incidentally, such 'differential pay for the same job' techniques are illegal in most Western countries. On another day I will discuss how many small countries with strong economies have protected the rights of their citizens without being xenophobic. in short, all they have demanded of the investors is ... Do not even try to dis-employ a local by employing cheap labour! sincerely jc for reference - some dated articles (genuine criticism welcome) The Big Let Down June 18, 2001 http://www.colaco.net/1/letdown.htm Goa Tourism November 16, 1999 http://www.colaco.net/1/tourism1.htm The Tale of Two Rivers Feb 22, 2002 http://www.colaco.net/1/rivers.htm ------------------------------------------------------- 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] -------------------------------------------------------
