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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >We curse them, but what would Goa be without them? Let's briefly look at who >powers >Goa's workforce today. I beg to differ from Valmiki and all those who subscribe to this viewpoint. There is a saying in Konkani/Konknni "mel'lea fattlean konn morona". Man by nature always seeks the easy way out. Because manpower was easily available this is waht happened. How and why did mechanization take place in Europe? If we had put certain controls in place things would not have come to such a pass. Once when Bal Thackeray had visited Goa he had suggested that Goa start issuing I-cards. Goans do not like blue collar jobs. Why? Is it because the others like them they take up those jobs? and what about all those white collar jobs that have been cornered by the non-Goans? And now even the essential qualification of Konkani/Konknni has been waived. Is anybody protesting? Goans dont know to protest. If at all there have been protests and morchas and demonstrations they have been mostly led by outsiders. Just look at the different organizations and associations. Most of them are headed by outsiders. We are not cut out for the job. One reason is the size of Goa. Somebody in canacona is invariably related to somebody in Pernem. We dont want to hurt anybody. This is Portuguese legacy. Well, this is all crap that I'm talking about because the clock cannot be turned back. What cannot be cured has to be endured but it sure hurts. R. Cabral
