Dear All, It makes me cry when i read something on the newspaper and the ground reality is totally different .
When i read the statement made by our Honorable Chief Minister that there are more IT graduates but fewer IT firms in Goa i wondered whether our Chief Minister is kept in the loop of what some Goans want to do in Goa as far as IT is concerned. To cut long story short , i had attended the Global Goans Convention in Oman two years ago and i was asked by our renowned Goans/Politicians who attended the same why i did not want to come down to Goa and that Goa Government/NRI office would help me in every way, i did express my desire to come down to Goa and request my esteemed Global Organization i work with to start something big in Goa on IT , but i was also confronted sarcastically by some concerned Goans that is better i stay where i am because most of the IT business is being awarded to IT companies outside Goa and i would only stand to lose more . Politicians/Speakers make lots of promises in the foreign land to impress Goans settled overseas that they are very much concerned about Goans but once you reach Goa ..and start looking around for these so called Politicians the response is either .....Bab Bair ghela or Bab meeting bosla...or Bab London...Americak...or ani fuim Ghela and so on , hence that put the entire idea on the backfoot for me .I attended the last years Goan Convention in Kuwait and was given an opportunity to speak , i did highlight the talk i had with some Politicians in 2009 convention and we were in 2010 on the same issue where nothing constructive happened , in short these Global Goan Conventions are fun to attend you meet many straight forward Goans but the only snag no decisions are made on any issue, nothing is concluded and that is a pity state of affairs. I am not criticising neither the Honorable Chief Minister nor any Politician but just requesting elected representatives of Goa to be true to yourselves when you make speeches and have some conscious to feel guilty when you feel something and say something. Who wouuldn't want to start an IT firm in Goa ....i would certainly fly down and start something small abd absorb Goans with IT background and gradually see various options to take gradutates on board , but Govt of Goa has to award us a sustainable project , we are not competing with the bigwigs of the IT industry but certainly it is not impossible . Give us a try and let's see where and how we can succeed in transforming the IT sector in Goa to its great heights. God bless you all. Vivek
