What ignorance ! Within the boundaries of foreigners coming to Goa (the topic is not about India), if there is any bursting of the seams it is from the trash of the rest of India coming to Goa and not from countries overseas.
Foreigners come to Goa because living is affordable and cheap? Hey, Indians go to Australia because there are no spots for them in Indian institutions on account of their average marks. Indians go to the Gulf because there are jobs and they pay better. Indians emigrate to western countries for a better quality of life. And who told you the US and most parts of Europe need people? They do, like a hole in the head. Land prices in Goa skyrocket not because of the foreigners alone. There's lots of black money floating in the country. There's lots of corruption in India. Two better companions there cannot be. Soon Mamata Banerjee will have a home in Goa. I'd be surprised if she has not already got one. If you have to rail against foreigners, as Marshall Mendonca said, start with the Russians and the Israelis. They are not stakeholders in Goa like the Brits are. They conspire to distribute drugs and prostitution and restrict the movement of Goans in their own land. Roland. On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Rina Mukherji<[email protected]> wrote: > 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
