----------------------------------------------------------------- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book, The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on 20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com/
----------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/8/9 Valmiki Faleiro <[email protected]> > > > G'BYE GOA: GOAN EMIGRATION-4 > By Valmiki Faleiro > > Most Goan émigrés in Portuguese and British Africa never returned. They > either > stayed on, or moved to Portugal, UK and the rest of the developed world. > With > families raised and settled in that milieu, why would émigré-parents return > to Goa? > They're part of Goa's permanent emigrants. > > Then there's another major chunk of Goan expats: Gulf Goans. Like seamen, > they > emigrated for work, but are rooted to Goa. Not by choice perhaps, because > Arabs do > not grant citizenship to foreigners. Some Gulf Goans, sure, resettled in > the west. > > The story of Gulf Goans, again, traces back to the British and their > 1799-1813 > occupation of Goa, which ushered the modern wave of emigration by Goans. > > RESPONSE: By some strange co-incidence an article in the same vein by Devika Sequeira also hit the newsprint. It is enlightening to know that Christian Goans, have been migrating not only during the Portuguese rule but also today. So the Bogey man (Portuguese) cannot and should not be maligned as being the cause of outward migration....I state this with a reservation. Indeed a lot of outward migration by Christian Goans today is because of the Portuguese. Most if not all, who have migrated to the U.K. in recent years have done so courtesy of Portugal. They have taken the opportunity to manifest their Portuguese Citizenship and are now in the E.U. These are economic migrants, who are leaving Goa in droves...so much for India shining. Many Goans of yesteryear who had left Goa to travel to Bombay, then went on to migrate to other parts of the World. My father was a third generation Goan from Bombay who emigrated to Kenya. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
