[Goanet] Time for a change - Goan expat social organizations

2006-01-31 Thread gilbertlaw
I am a champion of active ethnic organizations that do more than wine-and-dance or scotch-ani-sorpatel events. There is an economic perspective to social organizations which you have well outlined. From a social perspective, culture provides the basis for the (unwritten) language of social

[Goanet] Time for a change - Goan expat social organizations

2006-01-29 Thread George Pinto
It is worth asking what useful purpose Goan organizations in the diaspora serve? 40-60 years ago with fairly significant Goan immigration out of Africa/Goa/India to England/Portugal/Canada and to a lesser extent to USA/Australia there was a need for Goan social organizations. Their annual