Re: [Goanet] Last Requiem For Goa Tourism
If you do not like the following post, in true Goan spirit blame the weekend. :=)) OK so now on this thread, one alludes to the British and the Portuguese for the Requiem of the Goan tourism. That "blaming attitude" ironically is proving the point. There are about half-a-dozen Goanetters who can honesty be described for being chronic complainers and blame the Goan politicians (past or present) for their plight. Likely, many Goanet readers have stopped reading these posts; because these are just another one of those same old "kerem-kerem" writings. So here is a helpful suggestion written in the spirit of one Goan helping another. Perhaps these fellow (all males) need a good vacation. After that, DO SOMETHING and take on a personal challenge where one has to excel on one's own efforts. NO BLAMING others. There are a number of sporting events - look up the Olympic categories or take up to ballroom dancing, music, painting or gardening. Read the following story of Olympian Karoly Takacs for inspiration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_Tak%C3%A1cs Just an added footnote to this story: Though he got many awards, nobody gave Karoly what he wanted most - the right hand that he lost. So he had three right hands made for - skiing, swimming and Boxing. Remember a popular Danish saying: "Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well.' Regards, GL
Re: [Goanet] Last Requiem For Goa Tourism
From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> Re: [Goanet] Last Requiem For Goa Tourism The Last Requiem for Goa was sung not with Manohar Parrikar planning to massively ?increase tourist footfalls? in the coming years as VM?s article claims, but with Goans adopting the greed and corruption culture of Indian society not too long after 1961. One can understand (not forgive or tolerate) the likes of an Alemao coming from an education-lacking poor family getting hold of the reins of power and using it to personally profit from loot and plunder, but one can neither understand nor forgive people like the former CM, or as many allege the current Office Holder who come from an educated and wealthy background doing the same thing though they should have known better. - GL responds: Goans appear to excel at blaming someone else for their pitiful situation. There is no reason for politicians to be corrupt and even less logic for the electorate to keep repeatedly electing them even after they have been charged. But dose it make sense to "Cut one's nose to spite one's face?" Or is it the height of folly especially for an intelligent and articulate Goan. As we sing the "Last Requiem for Goan Tourism" does the author or folks who participate in that song have any suggestion for alternate jobs for the tens of thousand of Goans who directly and indirectly depend on tourism for their daily livelihood? Just because one's own job does not depend on tourism there is no reason to disparage an industry that is the biggest sector of the economy. Just take away tourism, what will sustain Goa and Goans? An tech industry? An agricultural economy? A fisheries industry? An education system which attracts a lot of foreigners? If Goans have a problem with the local govt, then participate in it (as is doe in the rest of world). Run for office, attend meetings and open forums, organize local focus groups. Writing in a national or international forum is not gong to solve some local water drainage problem. It is cop-out or feel good-solution that gets no-where. Merely talking has been the solution in past (adopted by sussegad Goans) while the hardworking individuals rolled up their sleeves and got innovative or emigrated to then support a "remittance economy." The mental attitude of some Goans needs a "Requiem" Regards, GL
Re: [Goanet] Last Requiem For Goa Tourism
The Last Requiem for Goa was sung not with Manohar Parrikar planning to massively “increase tourist footfalls” in the coming years as VM’s article claims, but with Goans adopting the greed and corruption culture of Indian society not too long after 1961. One can understand (not forgive or tolerate) the likes of an Alemao coming from an education-lacking poor family getting hold of the reins of power and using it to personally profit from loot and plunder, but one can neither understand nor forgive people like the former CM, or as many allege the current Office Holder who come from an educated and wealthy background doing the same thing though they should have known better. While a certain quantum of poor governance would have been inherited from 450 years of Portuguese rule, the massive turn for the worse took place among Goans in less than a generation. Goans who lived in Bombay seeing the slow change from British-inherited values and principles established in that city to Indian-style democracy and chaos, could easily foretell where “liberated” Goa was headed. The only surprise was not only how fast but how severely it did. Roland Francis Toronto.
