Helping one's community can take extreme forms sometimes. There was time when there was a dearth of qualified Goan professionals, engineers, teachers, etc.
There were various state associations (comprising of people from other states in Goa) in Goa which had their members in various organizations. For example the Keralites dominated the teaching profession, electricity department etc, the Andhraites dominated the water department in the engineering side etc. These associations would advertise in their home states forthcoming vacancies in Government and facilitate people from their states to get the jobs. They would even offer financial assistance and arrange for things like ration cards and the like. There was a gentleman from Kerala who attended an interview in my school who although was not living in Goa, had an employment exchange card and also a ration card, courtesy of a 'cousin'. Are you wondering still how non-Goans proliferated in Government service? -- ** "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com > **
