Arwin has very little credibility in this matter: 1) He lives in the Gulf and wants to prevent people from other parts of India to move to Goa. 2) Unlike Goa, the expat populations in the Gulf far outnumber the local Arab populations.
While so called Goan patriots such as Arvin call for the preservation of Goan culture from the hoards of "outsiders" coming into Goa, folks like him who live in the Gulf, outnumber the local Arab population and are contributing to the destruction of the local Arab cultures. Arwin can contribute to solving both issues by simply moving back to Goa. Unless Arwin is brave enough to do this, he is not a Goan patriot, but a phony hypocrite. Here is a relevant article regarding the issues being faced by the Arab locals, thanks to the "destructive" effects of immigrant workers like Arwin. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/world/middleeast/14qatar.html Qataris do not see themselves as coddled. Sure, they do not have to pay for electricity, water, education or health care, and they are given land and low-cost loans to build houses when they marry. They are eligible for public assistance if they do not have a job, often receive generous pensions and acknowledge they will not take any jobs they do not consider suitable for them. But they also complain that they do not get paid as much as foreigners, and that foreigners get most of the top jobs in critical industries, like finance, higher education and the media. There is also pervasive frustration that English has become the language of employment, not Arabic, and that local hospitals, restaurants, markets and streets are always crowded with foreigners. “There is a crisis here,” said Muhammad al-Mesfer, a political science professor at Qatar University. “The foreigners are crowding us out.” The tension in Qatar is similar to what has surfaced in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where local people are also vastly outnumbered by foreigners and are sometimes likened to colonial rulers in their own land. “There are about 300 employees at my work and only 4 or 5 Qataris,” said Mr. Ali, the technician at an electric company. “I walk into work and I feel like I am in India.” Marlon ----- Original Message ---- From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 12:57:13 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Tolerance (Letter in Goan Daily OHeraldo) Arwin, Are you suggesting that the borders of other states are closed to Goans going and settling there? We already have what you call a "jolly good cocktail"... and Goans have been benefitting from this for some generations now. FN On 29 June 2010 17:33, Arwin Mesquita <[email protected]> wrote: > Lets put ur logic to all other Indian States and Other Indian Countries. How > are Indian States divided today? > Why have borders/identities and lets be a jolly good cocktail? > Let everyone do it and perhaps I could agree!!
