Sonia Gomes’ one sided article is so biased and ripe to be taken apart that I am hoping for an Africander Goan to state their side of the story.
I already know what the other side can be, but I’m not going to do the work for them, not least because I am not an Africander Goan myself. Roland. Toronto. > On Jul 11, 2019, at 2:00 PM, Sonia Gomes <[email protected]> wrote: > > The reason I have named my previous post, ‘Aghô Milagrin, Londokarancheo > dhiriô chollotai mugo’ is because there seems to be an ongoing battle > between the Africanders, people of Goan origin settled in various former > colonies of Africa now migrated to England and the new entrants the > European Union Goans who have recently moved to London in search of a > better living. > > > > Sadly instead of celebrating the much spoken about Goaness or Goemkarpon, > the Africanders are extremely unhappy at the arrival of the EU Goans. > > They consider them crass, their language skills poor, ‘they only speak > Konkani’, ‘they celebrate every Feast’ and horror of horrors they spend > money to bring Teatrs all the way from Goa or Bombay to London. > > > > Our Africanders then climb the moral horse and assert they have never > collected Social Security. Come now, I know of Africanders who have and > continue stay in Council Flats for decades without doing a stroke of work. > > > > The Africanders claim to be Goans; one even said to me I am a 400% Goan. Of > course I said we could now speak Konkani... > > > > The EU Goans on the other hand embrace their Goemkarpon without even being > aware that there is something called Goemkarpon or Goaness, they are Goans. > > Their life reflects Goa in every aspect of their being. > > Not for them the duality of being neither Goan nor British. > > > > https://zorotmorotgoesmyvillage.blogspot.com/2019/07/agho-milagrin-londokarancheo-dhirio.html
