--- On Mon, 9/1/08, CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Of note too is that,
> living and working in Swindon is their choice
> irrespective of what anyone else may think of this
> choice vis a vis Goa. Put simply, if we were in their
> shoes, we would do exactly what they are doing.
>
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Cornel is right. All human beings will do whatever it takes to survive and
offer a better future for their children. There were a lot of things told to
me, that would make a Bihari in Goa blush in shame. I didn't include these
things in the article, because they were over the top. But while, we rant and
rave against Ghanttis in Goa, it is a sobering thought to realise we are all
Ghanttis in someone else's land. Goans are no better or no worse than any other
ethnic group.
Understandably, I have become persona-non-grata in Swindon, but these stories
have to be told no matter how unpalatable they are to hear. I am now gathering
information on East African Goans, and where they congregated when they first
arrived. :-)
As I said, my aim is to aggravate every Goan group in diaspora and then move to
Sweden, where I will have only sweet Alfred Tavares to write about :-))
selma
