----------------------------------------------------------------- BOOK RELEASE: Medieval Goa by Teotonio R. de Souza Will be re-released after 30 years on August 21, 2009 at 5:15pm at Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry Hall, near Azad Maidan in Panjim, Goa
http://medieval-goa.notlong.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Just perhaps, Dasgupta is using a broad brush, but taking off on his fellow Banglas -- alluding to the former erstwhile babus/of babudom. I strongly doubt whether the NRIs vocal Goanet fall into that category. If it matters at all, Goan NRIs who are on Goanet, and living in the US, are doing well by most yardsticks. They have their say here not because people In India do not give them the time of day( they do) but to spell out their positions and test and tease each other out. NRIs, if at all they have have fallen from grace; such speculations or theorems must be opined in individual minds of Goanetters within India. Until those individuals say something, Dasgupta's observations do not touch NRI Goanetters. We have not heard an iota of such expression on Goanet, so the real entertainment value is shallow. If they have fallen from grace, on account of not distributing their wealth as in cash, then that is another story. In my experience I have noticed that although we may use particular collectives, say such as NRIs, Goans, artist, doctors, etc., to describe people and leanings—they rarely conform to any such commonage. I believe that life even on a kibuutz is less common and mundane than we thought. Speaking for myself, I say my bit since it fits in precisely with my mind, and spirit -- which is further expressed through artistic labor. venantius j pinto From: Vidyadhar Gadgil <vgad...@gmail.com> > > Subject: [Goanet] How the NRI has fallen from grace > > Entertaining article by Swapan Dasgupta in yesterday's TOI on NRIs. See > > > http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/right-and-wrong/entry/how-the-non-resident-indian > > The last two paras are pasted below. > > --- > > The average NRI?s fall from grace in India has been precipitate. The > vacuous condescension that marked earlier attitudes has been replaced by > desperation to find some accommodation somewhere. The big NRI players > have no problem ? they have seen their social worth in the West keep > pace with India?s soaring reputation as a rising power. But the small > fish whose tie and a twang once enabled him to lord over his less > fortunate brethren in India has seen envy replaced with disinterest. > > To the NRI confronted with a precarious descent into obscurity, there is > only a small solace: interventions on the net. Taking advantage of a > more connected world, the professional NRI (who knows no other identity) > has stepped up his battles to cast India in his own confused image. No > Indian website is free from the voluminous but pernicious comments of > the know-all, ultra-nationalist NRI banging away on the computer in > splendid isolation. From being India?s would-be benefactors, the > meddlesome NRI has become an intellectual nuisance, derailing civil > discourse with his paranoia and pseudo-superiority. It?s time he was > royally ignored. > > -- > Question everything -- Karl Marx > > > ------------------------------ >