On 22 November 2010 22:55, Goanet News Service <[email protected]> wrote:
Opting for Foreign Citizenship Published on: November 20, 2010 - 23:54 By Tomazinho Cardozo [1] besides migrating, there are other ways of achieving financial satisfaction. Post liberation, successive government introduced various self-employment schemes and small scale industries to encourage Goan youth to seek their fortune in Goa itself. [2] If one analyses the type of Goans working in the Gulf States one finds that most of them are from the middle class. Very few are from the higher strata of society. [3] being Goans it becomes very easy to for them to get a Portuguese passport. [4] It is only because of our selfishness that we opt for citizenship of another country. How unfortunate indeed! [5] I have come across many Non Resident Goans (NRGs) who have become foreign citizens. They do not speak Konkani nor do they make any attempt to teach their children Konkani or the Goan culture. COMMENT: I hitherto believed that Tomazinho was not a nutcase + politician (i.e. corrupt) from Goa. He will have to tell us that he has never engaged in corrupt practices but I will now believe that I was wrong in believing that he ain't a nutcase. I am shocked (though I should not be) that he has stratified the Gulf-Goans into the "middle class" (It's like the other euphemism used by Indian Railways i.e. Second Class which actually means Third Class). Hear me, Tommyboy ......IF the Gulf-Goans had not SACRIFICED and STRUGGLED in the harsh climes and conditions of the Gulf, Goans from the villages would have been scrapping for basics like food.....while politicians continue to swipe the poixe, And if you have the time, please have a chat with the local business folk and ascertain how their economy would have fared but for these valiant Gulf Goans. But, Tommyboy is a man of humour. In this crap article (reminiscent of the other one written by Chandrakant Keni some years ago), our pompous and ungrateful boy cracks two jokes (one by express implication)....So, please do not forget to laugh: joke 1: It is very EASY for young Goans to seek fortune in Goa by taking advantage (without bribing any politician, of course) of the Govt sponsored schemes. Please clap for this tiatrist. I thought the Jacinto Vaz and Anthony Fernandes were the best comedians of the Goan tiatr. But, I take that back. Tommyboy is the bestest. joke 2: It is VERY EASY for Goans to obtain Portuguese passport (I am sure he meant to write 'Portuguese nationality). Joke Joke - unless Tommyboy is in the printing business. REMINDER to all those who complain about NRGoans not speaking Konkani: Take a look at GRGoans and why they are opting for English. i.e. because if Goans like me want to speak Marathi (and I do so fluently), I will speak Marathi - NOT this horrible, nasal version of a contrived dialect of Marathi being passed off and imposed as Konkani. Further reading: a: Chandrakant Keni says Expel Goans who have applied for Portuguese nationality http://www.colaco.net/1/KeniBunkPort.htm b: Devika Sequeira rushes to print with spurious "facts" and insists that she will not 'correct' the errors. (Kind of makes one wonder ...when one reads about the alleged Goa journos: Were these bundalbaj journos all trained at the IIT of Goa journalism i.e. The Goa Heraldo.) http://www.colaco.net/1/TGFresponds2DevikaIdentityCrisis.htm jc
