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0n Subject: [Goanet] The Goan Club The subject is indeed complex. The clubs did little in the real sense of education. They were social centres, proudly Goanish speaking “good English” looking down on people who did not speak English (Mainly other Asians but also including Goans who did not have to use English in their professions. What you describe about the British dictat that they did not want English to be “riff-raffed “is my feeling that a British bureaucrat was having a JEEVISH sense of humour. Most were there to exploit. Do you realize that there are more Indians speaking English than in England ! Remarkable changes. Penguin and other publishers would collapse without the Indian market. Goan tailors, carpenters etc had a tough time. They were not accepted in their bastions of Goaness “The Club” by whatever name Gymkhana, Club ….never KUDD ! The inferiority complex they instilled on marginalized Goans lasted for Generation. In Dar to this day NF or his wife and daughter will not step in the Goan Institute. I have tried to persuade him but with not much success. The sad thing is that there are many many sons and daughters of cooks, bakers and tailors who come to the club and care a dam about primitive ideas. We should be careful about generalizations. I have distant relatives in Nairobi, both sons are doctors…one of them has a centre for helping the Maasai in Kaijado on the Kenya/Tanzania border. Very interesting in DSM, all the Goans restaurants which were started in the 1990’s, 2010’s collapsed. The Chinese restaurants,KFC, Burger Joints, SUBWAYS have increased. Cost of Franchise $20,000. If you really want Goan food, “Dorothy’s”, at the institute has everything from Sorpotel, Bella Gonsalves and her husband, caters for special occasions in the “Club” Maggie and others have tried to encourage Konkoni…..the logistics are a problem. Come certain occasions and the Goans shine : skits, traditional Goan dances(where do they store these clothes??!!). Play on plays on the PAO bread seller and his bicycle. All very good but forgotten so fast My point ia that there is so much diversity, that its complex and we cannot ignore the work of Selma, or yours, we need to “educate “ ourselves We should be conscious of the work done by Dorothy, Bella, Maggie …
