"But are there other reasons that are not so obvious, that play a powerful part
in separating the Goan from his land?"I am sure you have the answer as you are
one of them!Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Roland Francis
<[email protected]> Date: 22/01/2021 21:53 (GMT+00:00) To:
[email protected] Subject: [Newsletters] [Goanet] Why The Emigration?
Emigrating from Goa to the four corners of the earth has been going on for
many, many years.Yet love of the land and the people who inhabit it has always
been as strong if not stronger in the Goan heart than any other Indian. But
this does not seem to have kept people from fleeing, yes fleeing the place
whether to nearby Bombay to to far away California. To die in a place other
than your own for the oft-repeated of: To give my children a shot at a better
life.I know the simple and apparently obvious reasons are:No employment
available locally. No land available to sustain generations.Colonial disregard
for well being or Indian love for corruption that ultimately leads to
displacement.But are there other reasons that are not so obvious, that play a
powerful part in separating the Goan from his land?Roland.Toronto.
