My responses (more like addenda) to George Pinto's post (GP) ..... interspersed
GP[1] I disagree with Vivian that he is paying the migrant worker a fair wage. If the worker cannot subsist on the wage and lives on the streets or slums in Goa, was it a fair living wage? JC 1: So what exactly are "these folks" paying (per diem) the migrant labour they employ? Is it possible, I ask, that "these folks" who are employing 'cheap labour'...and that is partly driving Goan labour off the market? = GP [2] Many years ago, Goan labourers were able to subsist on their income, and did not live on the streets and in slums (there were no Dharavi style slums we see in Goa today). JC 2: Possible that "these folks" did not know that. = GP[3] I also disagree with those who suggest the bogus idea "nature abhors a vacuum" as an explanation why Goa has a large migrant population. JC 3: Unless one is referring to a vacuum of sense and sensibility = GP[4] Take the Konkan railway trains. More migrants are coming in than native Goans leaving, hence which "vacuum" are they filling? JC 4: Excellent point! Though, they could actually be filling the vacuum mentioned above = GP [5] In fact, they have come to support illegal activity (mega-projects). Most of the units in the illegal mega-projects are sold to non-Goans. Do the "nature abhors a vacuum proponents" support illegal activity (mega-projects)? JC 5: I await the answer from the "folks". = GP [6] As for Frederick's "Goan exclusionary" article, I don't think I can get through all the straw men and red herrings he raises to respond now, perhaps later. JC 6: Though, Frederick could easily take cover under the "Devil's Advocate" blanket jc
