2009/11/12 lyrawmn <[email protected]>: > The Government of Goa's message and inducements are unmistakable: > Leave Goa, women and men. > Toil, but send home to Goa the fruits of your sweat. > We give your children scholarships and subsidies; we will offer specializeded > training and placement for you to find work outside Goa. > Just send home your money. > Instead of retaining and investing in the workforce by job creation at home. > And directing educational aid and opportunities to children and families of > resident Goans where it is needed. > To increase the living standard and prosperity of all resident Goans for > present and future generations.
Dear I. Nunes, The alternative interpretation could be: The Government of Goa has no single coherent message, or even a comprehensive understanding of the situation. It is willing to pander to the migration-virus that Goans have long suffered from. It is unable to take up the more difficult tasks -- of building local talent, boosting creativity (Samir's recent points are valid) -- and instead opts to take the easy way out. Besides, one arm of the Goa government doesn't know (or cxare about) what the other is doing. Education being imparted is quite out of sync with the kinds of jobs available. And so on. The NRI study probably reflects more the perspective of the current NRI Commissioner, rather than that of any any present or past chief minister or Cabinet. It may be not fair to blame anyone for encouraging migration, but it might be apt to say that 'planning' in Goa means just riding any wave that comes one's way -- whether it's the unpredicted pharma boom, charter tourism (despite its problems) and so on. After the NRI debate, the activist-priest Fr Bismark was making the point about Goa "promoting migration". My protest was that (i) we Goans -- specially Catholic Goans -- seem to have a migration-virus which cannot be fought till we migrate (ii) it's all well for returned Goenkars, ex-migrants themselves, to critique the process of out-migration! > Who elected these bozos? Where were you bozos when we bozos elected these bozos under a bozo electoral system which you presume is meant to serve the interest of the common(wo)man? :-) > One more thing: > Is Goa really more expensive than say Mumbai (with one of the costliest sq. > footage space, on par with Hong Kong and Tokyo) or even Bangalore? > best, > I. Nunes I was not talking real estate; nor do I have precise figures to back up this point. But take the price of a humble rice-plate and you'll probably agree with me. The fish-curry-rice which I paid Rs 5 for in 1987 today costs Rs 40! Markets in Goa are costlier than in many other locations too... Maybe others could add or counter this point of view. FN -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism
