------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photos from Goa's 2009 mando festival: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622843319441/ Event on Wed, Thurs evening from 5 pm onwards, Kala Academy, Panaji-Goa
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick : Ref your post below and my response to some of your specifics (1) Fredrick" I see you also go bythe "ethnically Goan" logic. Is there such a thing? Arwin's Response: If this is your view then Is there such a thing as "ethincally British/American/French/Arabic/Gujarati etc /" if your same rational applies to Goa the the same should apply to all others but I dont see their communities tolerating excessive/uncontrolled migration (2) Fredrick:Are you saying that someone should get a Green Card in a few years,but not accepted as having the potential to contribute positively to Goa inspite of spending a generation here? Arwin's Response: Surely you understand that this is controlled migration subject to US requirements . is this the same in Goa? What is the perctenage migration into US on its population as is in Goa Today?? Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:34:56 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> To: [email protected], "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa RIP Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 George, your slip underlined a valuable point! Who is to decide who's a "ethnically Goan" and who's not? While you are using progressive language to assuage our fears about your stance, I see you also go by the "ethnically Goan" logic. Is there such a thing? If so, what is the cut-off point? If we advocate curbs against people on grounds of ethnicity, migration or origin, do we support the same against Goans elsewhere (without the fig-leaf of an excuse that Goans don't overwhelm others!) For instance, in Idi Amin's Uganda? Are you saying that someone should get a Green Card in a few years, but not accepted as having the potential to contribute positively to Goa inspite of spending a generation here? This locals debate is a bizarre one. If I'm not mistaken, at Keri-Ponda, when locals were agitated about the 'locals' not getting jobs, they meant villagers, if not people from the vaddo in which the plant was being set up. The funniest one I heard was earlier this week, when a lady from a South Goa village said she was considered an "outsider" because she was married (and hence, should be based in her husband's village, and not her ancestral one!) FN PS: You guys are just finding a convenient scapegoat to pin all of Goa's ills on -- the migrant. Even a perfunctory look would show that all kinds of people, both local and migrant, are to blame for whatever you'll perceive as Goa's problems. You know who were the builders of the concrete of rent-backs along the coast, and who bought them. You know who sold lands to create concrete jungles and who left loopholes in the law to ensure that the "coconut tree is NOT a tree" in today's Goa. There are some big out-of-state players (DLF or Vedanta), whose actions would have strong impact on Goa's future. But to use this as an excuse for an anti-migrant binge isn't becoming of someone with the intelligence and good intentions of a George Pinto. -- 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. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. For the Love of Konkani: http://www.radiogoa.net/ 6. Goa's Identity Movement website: http://www.goamag.net/gim 7. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/
