ILL EFFECTS OF MIGRATION OF GOANS.

THE  ILL EFFECTS OF MIGRATION OF GOANS TO OUTSIDE GOA/INDIA.i.

The migration of Goans to outside India was started about over 200 years ago first migrating to  India namely Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Dakka, Rangoon, Colombo, Karachi and to some other places and later on in the Middle East and  Africa. Then after the last Arab - Israeli War in the Middle East where Arabs suffered just like in all the previous wars, a most humiliating defeat from the tiny nation Israel which came into being on 14^th May in 1948  while the entire Arab World comprising innumerable independent States came into existence hundreds of years back.  In that last War fought between the Arabs and Israel in 1972 /73, Israel with the strong support of USA in men-materials and Logistics, totally annihilated the Arabs.  Feeling their ego was hurt, the Arabs decided to increase the Oil Prices tremendously to teach a very good  lesson to USA and other Western countries that were part of the Axis with USA against Arabs.  When the Oil prices were increased, the money power of Arab Countries especially the Oil Rich reached to the sky and in order to utilize this excess of money  power into the hands of Arabs, they went for further industrialization of their countries for which what the manpower they needed, the Arabs started hiring in greater number from   India, of course in addition from other Asian countries too.

Taking advantage of this situation many of the young men from Goa some of them doing lucrative jobs and getting good salaries as per the Goan standard, they were lured for the new jobs in the Gulf Countries for very good salaries.  Gradually within the mid/end of seventies and in the early eighties our Goan young men who  in their localities  were doing very good activities  for the protection of Goan culture, tradition, language, system, Goan discipline, Goan Folksongs, Folk Tales, Goan Food and many other attributes of their localities, Goa and Goans were not only  totally uprooted from their villages and Vaddos but also from Goa as a whole and they went abroad for greener pastures.  When these Goans left from Goa there appeared a vacuum created by their going abroad, in their localities, Vilages, Vaddos and in Goa as a whole  having no link whatsoever between those who already left from their localities, Villages, Vaddos and Goa and those who filled the vacuum created by those who already migrated to the Gulf and elsewhere without creating the legacy between the old and the new stalwarts most of them lacked most of the Goan attributes, they were more or less like non-Goans lacking in genuine Goanness.  The continuity between the new and the old was lost.  For example in my village before going to Kuwait I was playing a leading role in everyfield in the village, dominating almost every segment fighting against the arrogant, chors, bamtte and Rostad and in the bargain I gained lot of respect and allegiance of course with some enemies too who were like toys for me.  So too my other brothers and in fact one of them Jose MARIE was the most dynamic in our locality.  It is on record in one election (only one (PANCHAYAT)election he contested which was forcibly imposed on him by the voters) he got elected  without even he doing any campaigning personally nor door to door canvassing.  Voters elected him on their own freewill).  Such  VASTpull he had over the village and villagers. We were simple and ordinary people but had very good respect in the locality because of our character, good deeds, good discipline and topmost Sports calibre in general and football in particular brought us into strong limelight and directly into the hearts of the people and we made good use of this limelight and goodwill for the cause of society.