Tourism contributes whopping 1500 crore to State exchequer

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haritha

is that a problem

goangoangone

Why not what? Is what a problem?

luca

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GOA YES! GOANS NO!
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Tom Agshekar's remarks (Goa's politicians ----OHeraldO June 21) are indeed the sentiments and frustrations of so many Goans, both inside and outside of Goa. With the exception of a few families and their wealth - mostly inherited from their parents or priests uncles (in case of Catholic Goans) - most of Goans are poor and right now their equally poor parents are selling everything, or pawning their gold to get the necessary cash to make their son a seaman or a "slave" of a sheikh in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, or other Gulf area.

There are agents with diabolic schemes to make money in this enterprise. So many times, the so-called-agents have disappeared overnight after collecting huge amounts of
money from the ordinary folks. I know of a widow whom I have given some money for their survival. But, instead, she gave that money to an agent who promised her son the kingdom of Abu Dhabi. Her gold is gone. Her money is gone. She lost everything on account of her son who was trying to go to the Arab lands to find a job through those thieves, called agents who closed their shutters overnight and disappeared in the putrid thickness of Mumbai-an polluted air.

While most of Goans are looking to get out of Goa for jobs, the foreigners (from India) are flocking to Goa to fill various positions that the Goans will never get. The head of departments are foreigners (from India). Those foreigners will never give a chance to Goans. Those foreigners (from India)
want Goa, but they do not want Goans! The intervention of our elected Goans is necessary. I know some of them are very much involved to help Goans whichever way they can. I saw with my own eyes, Minister Felipe Neri Rodrigues, working
very hard in this direction. Of course, there must be others too. I do not know them as I came to know Mr. Rodrigues.

Goan and a seaman - was almost synonimous for a long time. Even that is being taken over by foreigners (from India)! I see in Miami how the foreigners (from India) are seen everywhere. These foreigners know how to make money and have their own shops and convenience stores. There are hundreds of Goans who jumped their ships and now are working for Bangladeshis (the poorest nation in Asia), Pakistanis, and Gujaratis in their convenience stores and gas stations.
They work like never stopping machines. I know they need money. And, their first priority with that money is to build a big house and to celebrate the feast of their patron saint with extraordinary expenses! Most of Goan priests love that Portuguese poor-making-tradition-of-pomp-and-circumstances! In many occasions, I think, we Goans have to blame ourselves for spending our money uselessly in fiestas. There are hundreds and thousands of widows and orphan children in every parish in Goa. Instead of helping those families (especially in their education) Goans enjoy burning their monies in parish "festas" for a mere show-off!

Last April, after years of absence, I was concelebrating a Mass with other priests including the parish priest. The blasting of the "foznem" so close to the walls of the Church, frightened me. I requested the parish priest to stop those blasts. The parish priest told me; "it's a tradition!"

In the name of tradition, some of our parish priests also become uneducated and become part of culture of ignorance and arrogance. We cannot blame the foreigners (from India) all the time. Quite often, we, Goans have to blame ourselves. This is a very good topic for a further exploration.

Nick-H

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