Remy de Almeida wrote: > > Am i being a fool or deluded to go back to goa as some people tell me or > is this normal to some people to go back. This is a big decision for us > as family. > Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:49:28 -0400 From: "Roland Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It's just one of those things that people can blabber and blabber about, but the effects are only for you and your family to face. > Mario adds: > I would not do it, but then, I'm a proud American with American kids with families of their own. I enjoy the best of both worlds and avoid most of the problems associated with living in India. I know Goans on both sides of the pond who have done the same. > Frankly, I have an intellectual and ancestral connection with India and Goa, but carry no sentimental baggage or pretentions or illusions of being able to "help" Goa or India. I've been there, done that. Besides, there are other ways to help Goa without uprooting and moving back. > 1. Ask yourself why you left in the first place. Has anything changed? > 2. Are you happy with your job? > 3. Can you duplicate what you have in Goa? People can live very well in India. > 4. What does your wife think? Your children? > 5. Can your company open a subsidiary in India that you can run. I have friends who have done this. They, too, have the best of both worlds. An alternative is to join a Brit company that operates in Goa and see if they will transfer you there. Expat employees do very well. > 6. Why can't you maintain your sentimental cultural ties through the extensive Goan community in the UK and visits to Goa? > 7. Can you operate under Indian conditions of bribery, corruption, tax cheating and cutting corners, etc. > Take off your rose tinted glasses and look at your situation realistically. > I recommend you talk to someone like Cornel DaCosta who lives in London who can also give you some mature personal and unbiased insights. > Good luck. Let us know what you decide. >
