Isn't the sympathy shown by people towards foreigners who have or intending to buy land in Goa a little misplaced?. The laws regarding foreigners buying property in any part of India may be very strict; we ought to understand one cannot equate it with indians settling down or buying property in the US or Canada. We are bursting at the seams; US, or most parts of Europe need people, especially migrants.
We are indignant when cheap labour finds its way into India from across the border. Are these foreigners bringing in some special skills that we are short of? Or are we getting cheap labour that we need? They are here as pensioners because life is affordable and cheap; but does that help Goa at all. If anything, it will send land prices skyrocketing! Rina Mukherji Kolkata
