I agree fully with Carmita. By the way, are you the same Carmita I met
years and years ago in Delhi, also in goa.
Yes, goa has more pressing problems, that we are bothered about foreigners
buying property in Goa.
One of the biggest problems is our garbage, insfrastructre, better roads,
electricity, water etc. Mind you all this has increased tremendously. If
we have all these problems DO NOT BLAME ON MIGRANT WORKERS, blame on our
Goans, who are selling their houses, land and moving into apartments. Why
for a few bucks more.
I had written a letter in Goa TOI complaining about the two wheelers on the
ferry boat and that there was only one ferry boat. Voila, may be it helped,I
don't know, there are two ferry boats now at Betim. And from September,
passengers, cyclists and two-wheelers will have to pay.
Another menance we have, nobody stops at the zebra crossing, so we are
resorted to jay walking. If we don't do that we can never cross a street in
Panjim.
The other day I was at Pilar, in the far end a whole chunk of a hill was
cut.
In front of my flat, when I stand on the balcony can see 4 casinos, two are
near Malim. Very close to my place a jetty is coming up for one of the
casinos. Do you think there wll be parking space. The owner who sold the
land to the casino owner is a Goan.
Someone was mentioning about learning Hindi in schools rather than Konknai.
When English is the medium of construction, Hindi is the second language, it
has always been. From the 1st to 4th standard, Konkani is the medium at
govt. aided schools, not the private ones. From the 5std it reverts to
English medium. Konkani is then taught as a subject. My niece who is in
her second year of Microbiology at St. Xaviers Mapuca, passed out from
Fatima Convent.Margao. She studied there from the 5th Std. Hindi was the
second language, then Konkani. Also a third language either French or
Portuguese, she opted for Portuguese. When I was growing up in North India,
we just had Hindi as the second language. Besides our National language is
Hindi. In my opinion every Indian should know their national language and
the regional language they come from. My maid a Muslim from North Karnataka,
speaks Hindi, Kanada and Konkani.
Please fellow Goans who live abroad, do not criticize goa too much. If you
feel Goa needs to change, please come down and I'm sure help will be given
to you in all fields.
Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami
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