I must say that Carmen's line of thought process and a clear mind that
generates such jewel thoughts ( there have been quite a few Goans on the
same wave lenght like Carmen though) is/has been missing from Goa related
preservation debates, thereby creating a vacuum to suck in 'hate migrant'
mania.
Carmen is right. We have heard of the 'gold rush' of yore. No GOLD, no RUSH.
Period. And man has always been aspiring for the greener grass elsewhere
wanting to improve his lot. But then there is something called the 'laws of
the land'. And the most beautiful thing that we have in Goa is DEMOCRACY
where we ourselves can frame such self-preserving laws, that is, if we can
muster a general consensus without been seen as trying to build a cacoon.
Let us start by formulating laws that will open our beautiful land Goa to
the whole world but not allowing anyone to take undue advantage of the
goodness. As an example we might want to look at the Gulf regions and their
laws. It is inevitable that there is gold there and therefore the rush.
Gulf regions are full of migrants. They are needed and they are wooed. But
do they hate them??
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carmen Miranda" <carmitamira...@gmail.com>
To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 3:12 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Migration now - insignificant given what is yet about
tohappen
Up to a point, I suppose it is understandable the feelings of some goans
in
Goa about being overwhelmed by migrants from other parts of India and
foreign countries , and being concerned about the fact that the proportion
of goans in Goa in relation to people from other regions, is decreasing
very
quickly - after all Goa is the smallest State in India!
...but who is attracting all these people to Goa, anyway? who is
advertising Goa as the land of wine, women and songs? ...and now gambling!
....and when the tourists arrive in Goa they find that as far as songs are
concerned there are only two songs in Goa - the Deckni and Malhao, malhao
(which is a portuguese folk song!).....oooh! the shortsighted VISION of
our
sucessive governments!!
Anyway, regarding migration - it is a known fact that we all come
originally
from AFRICA, so all the heated discussions about migration, I think are
interesting but frankly just academic. Things are likely to get worse,
much
worse, and most probably in our life time, or *for sure* during the life
time of our children and grandchildren.
CLIMATE CHANGE is about to force mass migrations of entire
populations running away from drought, or floods or famine from one place
to
the other. Under those circumstances we all will have to receive our
fellow
human beings brothers and sisters from other regions with open arms and
provide them with shelter and food if possible, and cope as best as we
can
with the environmental disasters until it hits Goa too in a big way
......and we find that we too will have to pack our *hatleo potleo* in
seacrh of greener pastures.....if there are any at all....
The Russian and Israeli mafia appart, where is our generosity of spirit
and
humanity, specially towards the very poor migrants who have no alternative
but go where ever they can to survive and are forced to live in inhuman
conditions in order to build the houses and roads for the rich? Others not
so poor come to Goa, for the same reason that led hundreds of thousands of
goans to migrated around the world in search of jobs and a better life.
Carmen Miranda
