Dear Overseas Goans, Goan Organisations worldwide are involved in many goodwill services to our Community. To each Organisation; we need to address a priority on a urgent basis i.e. to mobilise a mass awareness amongoverseas Goans to protect Goa's Identity; else we will no longer have a place to call home. The time to act is now!!
I believe that Overseas Goans have a very important role to play given the fact that minimum 30% of the Goan population is outside Goa either thru migration or work residency. This awareness programme needs to be well planned & co-ordinated to spread the facts; This is very important as many Overseas Goans are unaware of the facts threatening our identity. People will only act if they are aware. Goans generally seem to have resigned themselves to loosing their Identity. If this is the case, then we should stop creating Goan organisations/forums or having Goan Conventions as in my view what is the point; if we carry on as we are; soon without a Goa with Goan Identity, all these organisations not be relevant!! Arwin Mesquita, UAE. -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. "Rape of Chicalim : "http://rapeofchicalim.wordpress.com/ 4. "Boycott Cidade de Goa" : http://boycotthotelcidadedegoa.blogspot.com/ 5. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/
