Dear Goankars, I have recently started going every month to Goa and am very impressed with all the seminars on various topics like "womens rights, garbage, hands-on cleaning of garbage,the propogation of Konkani language and culture and music, all this by local Goans in Goa.
Infact, I was happy to attend a womens seminar on the occassion of International womens day and various other seminars at ICG, Goa. A lot of wonderful events , infact mega-events are taking place in Goa.I am happy and pleased to meet local goans, who are organising gospel rock concerts for the youth of goa, as well as pleased to see youth present in large numbers at all these events. Goans shd stop selling their properties and the Goa govtmt shd make a a viable option for goans to return to their roots. Regards ================= Mesge: 4 Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 23:23:33 +0400 From: Arwin Mesquita To: Goanet Subject: [Goanet] Global Goan Convention - London - July 2011 (Opportunityor Waste?) Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Today Goa is attacked on various fronts with respect to its Land, Environment, Culture & Identity. The critical reasons are Excessive/Illegal Mining, Rampant/Illegal Hill Cutting, Encouraged Migrant vote banks and un-controlled migration into Goa, Very high Level of corruption, Faulty Employment policies forcing Goans to migrate, Mega Projects which do not favor Goans, Garbage/Sewage crisis, Illegal land conversions favoring the real estate lobby, Drug Menace etc. All of the these are facilitated by Powerful Mining Companies, Real Estate Lobby, Land Sharks, Powerful National Politicians/Companies who use their Goan Politicians as their agents; and last but not least the Excessively Corrupt Goan Politicians themselves. I had initially hoped that these Global Conventions would bring Goans together, to address the critical issues and facilitate some progress. I have attended Conventions in Goa (Jan 2007) and Oman (2009) and am very disappointed that there has been no significant action/progress for Goa. My criticism to be clear is not on the organizers, like for example the Muscat Goans who organized a good event but my criticism is on the overall purpose of having these conventions. Whilst yes in the last two conventions i.e. Oman and Kuwait, there were speakers for Goa and Its Identity however the sad part is that our corrupt government has ignored these pleas, as it would stop the sources of illegitimate income.
