Hi Bernardo I read your post on why the [Catholic] Goans leave Goa today. But surely, the trend began in Portuguese times and this has perhaps become a cultural norm (like shedding Konkani too!) apart from the continuing lack of jobs for many.
There are at least two other factors. Firstly, compared to Goa, the countries where the Goans emigrate tend to be richer and therefore, for many, it is easier to earn surplus money, assuming this is worthwhile, even in the short term, than it is possible for the one staying in Goa. Secondly, as discussed by Roland in Canada and myself previously, simple pragmatic 'orderliness' in daily life is an attractive proposition to many in the increasingly multicultural/diverse societies abroad. If, by way of an example, my grandfathers left Goa in the late 1890s and you and I have chosen to live outside Goa, I think you do accept in your post that it is not wrong for others to do so if that is their choice. Generally, it is not how 'bad' things are at home that make people leave but the rosy picture of what they have of abroad that makes them want to emigrate. I therefore do not accept your title of Goa as a banana republic bearing in mind that some 200 million people are on the move internationally. It is a comtemporary trend rather than exits from innumerable banana republics surely! In my view, it may be some time before exiting Goa for pastures abroad will lose its attraction but there are some signs of this happening already. Further, for many reasons, in India generally, many professionals are returning in the reverse brain drain from abroad. Regards Cornel PS Typed in haste. Sorry. --- Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am utterly flabbergasted by the comments of the > erudite even mentioned in the Portuguese press dr. > Jason Keith Fernandes. Goans are told even today > that Goa is honky dory after the 'liberation'...
