On 18 July 2011 00:13, Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > > Response: > Why is Eugene asking me to take note? Anyone reading this will think I have > joined the British Police force or the Swindon patrol. Or am I now the > Chief > Operating Officer of all Goan Associations in the Diaspora? > > Incidentally, I meet a lot of these Goans who have arrived here via the > Portuguese Passport route. I do work as a Konkani-to-English interpreter > and in > this capacity have gotten to know them. > > > Don't let one or two sensationalised stories sway you and make you cast > aspersions on this community. They are decent, hard-working and full of > goodness, these Goans. They are wonderful simple people who make my heart > melt > when I meet them. Yes, it is true they are poor, not very well educated and > do > not speak much English. But so what? That is the plight of most immigrants > who > land on foreign soil. > > > Rest assured within one generation the Goans in Swindon will also be > wearing > suits, speaking with an accent and holding top jobs. > > Best, > Selma >
REPLY: Not C.O.O. definitely Joan of Arc of the Swindon Goans. This is what was written not that long ago:- >From Siridao to Swindon - http://goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/SwindonGoans.htm This is one reply that was posted on another Goan site:- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/message/21007 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
