[Goanet] Various issues in Goa
Dear Ana Maria Yes, it is me indeed ! And yes I will be visiting Goa shortly and hope we can all join forces and try to influence the way things are being run in Goa! I really want to help my fellow goans if I possibly can. Hope there will be a spirit of cooperation and goodwill when I come down and *try *to helpI am not sure if I can, but I will certainly try my best! While I am well aware of the issues you mentioned, I think some issues affecting Goa are very serious and in need of immediate action. Besides there is a limit to how much one can do living abroad...! Abraços Carmita
Re: [Goanet] Various issues in Goa
Dear Ana Maria Carmita, Pls count me in; I am of the same thought desire. Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm 14/7 Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:03:10 +0100 From: carmitamira...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Various issues in Goa Dear Ana Maria Yes, it is me indeed ! And yes I will be visiting Goa shortly and hope we can all join forces and try to influence the way things are being run in Goa! I really want to help my fellow goans if I possibly can. Hope there will be a spirit of cooperation and goodwill when I come down and *try *to helpI am not sure if I can, but I will certainly try my best! While I am well aware of the issues you mentioned, I think some issues affecting Goa are very serious and in need of immediate action. Besides there is a limit to how much one can do living abroad...! Abraços Carmita _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=createwx_url=/friends.aspxmkt=en-us
[Goanet] Various issues in Goa
I agree fully with Carmita. By the way, are you the same Carmita I met years and years ago in Delhi, also in goa. Yes, goa has more pressing problems, that we are bothered about foreigners buying property in Goa. One of the biggest problems is our garbage, insfrastructre, better roads, electricity, water etc. Mind you all this has increased tremendously. If we have all these problems DO NOT BLAME ON MIGRANT WORKERS, blame on our Goans, who are selling their houses, land and moving into apartments. Why for a few bucks more. I had written a letter in Goa TOI complaining about the two wheelers on the ferry boat and that there was only one ferry boat. Voila, may be it helped,I don't know, there are two ferry boats now at Betim. And from September, passengers, cyclists and two-wheelers will have to pay. Another menance we have, nobody stops at the zebra crossing, so we are resorted to jay walking. If we don't do that we can never cross a street in Panjim. The other day I was at Pilar, in the far end a whole chunk of a hill was cut. In front of my flat, when I stand on the balcony can see 4 casinos, two are near Malim. Very close to my place a jetty is coming up for one of the casinos. Do you think there wll be parking space. The owner who sold the land to the casino owner is a Goan. Someone was mentioning about learning Hindi in schools rather than Konknai. When English is the medium of construction, Hindi is the second language, it has always been. From the 1st to 4th standard, Konkani is the medium at govt. aided schools, not the private ones. From the 5std it reverts to English medium. Konkani is then taught as a subject. My niece who is in her second year of Microbiology at St. Xaviers Mapuca, passed out from Fatima Convent.Margao. She studied there from the 5th Std. Hindi was the second language, then Konkani. Also a third language either French or Portuguese, she opted for Portuguese. When I was growing up in North India, we just had Hindi as the second language. Besides our National language is Hindi. In my opinion every Indian should know their national language and the regional language they come from. My maid a Muslim from North Karnataka, speaks Hindi, Kanada and Konkani. Please fellow Goans who live abroad, do not criticize goa too much. If you feel Goa needs to change, please come down and I'm sure help will be given to you in all fields. Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami -- next part -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.387 / Virus Database: 270.13.12/2233 - Release Date: 07/12/09 08:20:00
[Goanet] Various issues in Goa
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:01:41 +0530 From: Ana Maria de souza-Goswami anamari...@dataone.in If we have all these problems DO NOT BLAME ON MIGRANT WORKERS, blame on our Goans, who are selling their houses, land and moving into apartments. Why for a few bucks more. Mario observes: Ana Maria, I find these sly judgments of the very personal financial decisions of others fascinating, even by someone as wise as you. BTW, how do you know that these Goans are selling their lands and moving into apartments for a few bucks more. Or is this one of the things everyone knows??? Ana Maria wrote: Another menance we have, nobody stops at the zebra crossing, so we are resorted to jay walking. If we don't do that we can never cross a street in Panjim. Mario observes: No one cares for anyone else on India's teeming streets, not just in Goa. I drive in Goa, Mumbai, Pune and MP and it is the same everywhere. Indians turn into raving maniacs the minute they start their engines, then miraculously return to sanity the minute they park their vehicles. Ana Maria wrote: In front of my flat, when I stand on the balcony can see 4 casinos, two are near Malim. Very close to my place a jetty is coming up for one of the casinos. Do you think there wll be parking space. The owner who sold the land to the casino owner is a Goan. Mario responds: Fantastic. Imagine how many new jobs and tax revenues will result. If they don't provide parking, won't the new businesses suffer? Ana Maria wrote: Please fellow Goans who live abroad, do not criticize goa too much. If you feel Goa needs to change, please come down and I'm sure help will be given to you in all fields. Mario responds: Ana Maria, we all try to help Goa in our own ways. There are good reasons why some of us live abroad, many of us for a few bucks more. I hope you don't mind. I do my best to put some money into Goa's economy once a year and then leave it up to those who live there to do their part. I just wish they would elect honest politicians, even though I benefit personally from having Babush live a few yards down the road from me in Miramar.
