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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ref below post: The “Cementing” principle has not only shaped Goa’s Identity today but also many other identities/countries around the world each in their respective way. But surely, we appreciate that other Countries will not allow inward migration to exceed tolerable levels, to the detriment of their local identity, language, living standards etc. Of course, we understand that migrations are natural but have to be in a controlled manner; for instance Goan Immigrants among other immigrants to overseas countries, are gradually being integrated into the culture/identities of their adopted counties, because those countries have and enforcing even stronger immigration policies to keep migration in control. But in Goa the rate of Non-Goans coming into Goa is too high/un-controlled and instead of Non-Goans being integrated into Goan Identity, the danger is that it will be vice-versa; needless to mention of course the other effects on Goa’s environment, ecology, living standards etc Arwin Message: 4 Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:12:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Vivian A. DSouza" <[email protected]> Subject: [Goanet] Non-Goans to exceed Goans in Goa in coming years ???? To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Let me open a can of worms.................................................... ? What qualifies one to be called a Goan ?? Is it an identity one is born with and like Caste,one ?can never shake off nor can anyone else aspire to this ultra exclusive club ?? Until 1510 or thereabouts I dont believe that there was a geographical location called Goa.? With the coming of the Portuguese a new geographical entity came into being called India Portuguesa, later linked with some location within that entity called Gomantak and later Goa.? Prior to that, ?waves of settlers including the Saraswats settled this fair land previously?occupied by the indigeneous tribes.? In time all these folks came to be collectively known as Goans. ? Portuguese occupation halted? in-migration for many decades and perhaps cemented our identity as Goans.?? After Liberation we are seeing a continuance of the natural human migratory pattern.?Throughout the history of mankind, in every continent, humans have migrated in search of a better life, better pasture, access to arable land, access to water? better economic conditions etc.? The influx of people from Karnataka, Bihar, Orissa etc. into Goa is part of the natural migration of mankind. Will they ever qualify to call themselves Goans ?? If so, after how long ?? Many? if not most of them have acquired fluency in Konkani.? I bet that hearing their offspring speak in Konkani, one cannot differentiate them from native Goans.? As far as I am concerned, they are Goans. ? Being of Goan parentage but born abroad, I decided a few years ago ?to come and spend my Golden years in Goa.? I remember with considerable angst being referred as "Tu Bhaillo murre ?" when I went to apply for a drivers license.? Are Goans so prejudiced that we cannot accept new comers in our midst ?? On the other side of the coin, when Goans migrate to other countries they proudly call themselves Canadian, American, British, French, Kenyan or whatever citizenship they acquire.? It is time that we accord the same treatment to settlers in our midst. -- 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/ 6. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html
