Comments in response to Selma's below mail :
I had a hearty laugh when I read Selma's below mail but like to say that all
Indians are not dirty but the majority are. Indians in India treat their
country as an open air toilet and think it is their right to spit, urinate and
answer the call of nature anywhere. However the same Indians are totally
different Indians anywhere abroad . They will stretch backwards to dispose of
garbage in the right way and not discard it anywhere. I have seen the same
Indians in Gulf carrying their garbage in sacks to dispose it in the right
place which they would not do in India.
The same is the story of Indians in Europe where they know they cant dispose
and throw away their garbage anywhere as they often do in India but have to
discard it in a proper manner where garbage bags are collected from their
houses. LIke their fellow residents abroad, they are forced to have civic
sense. Often Indians believe in keeping their own homes very clean but outside
their homes it is not their responsibility and they are not concerned. The
reasons are mainly the strict penalty, the strict standards of hygiene and
follow the other residents who too make it a point to keep their surroundings
clean and green. When in India the same Indians forget their civic sense and
by and large follow what the majority do i.e. behave like they are living in
slums (atleast in slums they live in poverty and are mostly illiterate). In
Mumbai too I have seen even when we live in flats with literate neighbours
living in the building often many residents keep their homes very clean but
take the easy way out and throw/discard garbage out of their windows below in
the compound. They are not concerned about their colony/surroundings and feel
as long as their homes are clean, it is fine. They will have discipline in
forming queues everywhere abroad but discard it when in India.
Dev borem korum
Camilo Fernandes
From: Carvalho <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Subject: A Goan Awakening in London - Global
Goans Convention
Comments :? Camilo Fernandes in response to J. Colaco's below mail.
Just like JC,? I too? fully endorse and support Carmen Miranda for what she is
doing due her love for Goa.
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Response:
Some months ago, Tony D'Sa was furious with me because I said Indians were
dirty. Then what do I find? Apparently one day, Tony had to go to the toilets
in
Panjim, maybe a bit too much of choriz pao the day before. He was so furious,
he
came straight back home, sat infront of his PC and dashed off a letter to
Herald
to complain about how dirty the toilets were. So the moral of Tony's story is,
if you don't squat in Goa (pardon the pun here), you have no right to say
anything let alone do anything to "Save Goa."
Ok, Tony, go easy on me now :-)
Best,
Selma
