Selma,
I don 't know when you last visited Goa ???? Goa has changed a lot along with the Goans , as there are very few left in goa and the rest are all non- goans... I am from Mumbai and used to go to Goa with great expectation and excitement to meet relatives ,enjoy the drinks , picnics and parties , but let me tell you Selma times have changed . I have seen that the real goans have stopped drinking and it is very difficult to find a relative who will offer you a drink... Bars have all dissapeared .. people have no time to ask questions like how you have mentioned , except that they will say " HI, HOW ARE YOU ? and off they are gone even before you can give them a reply.... Most of our bungalows have been converted to towering infernos where people are in the flats either reading or watching the T.V.... Museums ???? I wonder when the govt. officials will plan to put up one !!!!! I now prefer to go to Kerala or Shimla and enjoy a holiday !!! Regards, Valley > Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 20:25:15 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Our facile Goan Catholic Society > > > > Every time I am in Goa, I can't help but be amazed at how facile and > superficial our Goan Catholic society has become. We have created and > embraced a culture of wine and song; an endless round of celebrations be it > weddings, anniversaries or funerals. Every weekend is an occasion to numb > oneself in mindless conversation, graduating the banal to great heights of > intellectual curiosity. > > This is a typical conversation.. > Hello, hello, my God have not seen you for so long.. > > How is Uncle Carmo? > > How is Uncle Carmo's grandmother? > > How is Uncle Carmo's cat? > > Ok then bye hanv.. > > And to go along with these conversations, perhaps in a attempt to further > anesthetize any semblance of intelligence in our society, we have to have a > healthy dollop of excessive drinking, food bingeing and frenzied dancing. > > I really wonder what it would take, especially for our women, to show some > interest in conversations that don't revolve around babies and babas, where > to find good bebica (swear to God this is a conversation in Goa) or what they > bought at the Panjim exhibition sale? > > What would it take for our society for just one second to stop spinning on > this vacuous merry-go-round and invest instead perhaps in the reading habit, > buy a good book, discuss the paper, take up a hobby or visit a museum? > > Best, > selma > > >
