This is once again to prove wrong all those Padris and the so called intelligent people of Goa who tell that Christians are not meant to do the business because according to their opinion in doing business and acquiring success one has to be a robber and also one must be in regular contact with the “Ghaddi” who is the proper guide since Christian doctrine does not permit you neither to rob nor to go to Ghaddi.
The owner of his business Greg de Candolim & his dynamic wife Mary
First of all if anybody thinks Christians are not going to consult the Ghaddis then they are sadly mistaken because most of the customers of the Ghaddis are Christians many of whom are become the slaves of Ghaddis and being so they don’t care nor feel afraid to consult Ghaddis who is like a living talking God for them and being so they don’t care nor feel shy. They are not only the laymen Christians but among them are some Padris too who visit them in their normal dress like Jean Pant and T-Shirt. The power of Ghaddis is become so strong as given to understand in the last general election for Legislative Assembly some candidates even hired and brought to Goa some Ghaddis to tell them their outcome of their contest and accordingly advise them One of the Roman Catholic candidates even told some that he acquires the services of Ghaddi brought brought from outside Goa because he has not trust in our God and Jersus Christ because they are not talking God who do not tell you on your face whst will be the result of your contest. This shows how important is the need of talking God
Now, since the mushrooming of Non-Caatholic Denominations where many of the Pastors are performig Healing Servies, they are also guiding you in your business or any subject in the name of our religion and Christ exactly. Besides a few among the Roman Catholic hiercharcy. Hence, the point of going to Ghaddi does not arise for our Christian businessmen. If you see all over the world, especially the Western World headed by the Christians who were the pioneers in doing business in the most systematic and scientific manner where they don’t go to the Ghaddis nor they rob their customers. There is no need to rob. In the Gulf we worked for so many years where the owners of our company business do not directly face the customers nor they involve inn day to day business transactions, for months and months some of them are staying abroad and yet their business is run systematically by the employers they employ to run their business. No doubt their business is in big scale but even in the small scale business you can do in the same manner if you apply modern scientific methods.
The above seen is the Shop of Greg de Candolim
In my village we have yet one more businessman who is well established in business since he has directly inherited it from his father P.Jack who was once a renowned Comedian Tiatrist acting with those gigantic artistes of yesteryears. From 1993 his home business of Bakery is taken over by his son Greg de Candolim who is also a well-known local Tiatrist having written a number of Tiatros and staging them in his locality and elsewhere beyond his locality. He got his Shop in Candolim at Ximer where he sells all his home Bakery prepared items such as Cakes for different occasions, Dodol, Bibinca, Patties, Sandwich, Biscuits, Pinag, Kol-Kol, Neureo, Bolinhas, X’Mas Decorations etc. In this venture his equally smart wife Mary also helps him and both combined together they do good business in locality plus they have customers from the neighbouring villages.
Like Greg de Candolim, there are so many such Gregs who are Goans and Christians doing their small scale business in a fair manner with the help of God and Jesus Christ, successfully not only in Candolim but also in other parts of Goandolim and their example must be emulated by the others especailly those who can afford but like idiots tell that "Amchem Goem ghelem Ghanttiancheam Hatin ghelem".
In view of this, those Christian Goans having their shops rented to outsiders must take them back and wherever it is possible they must run the same by themselves or their children and thus in this way step by step we the Goans only should run our businesses not only in Candolim but also all over Goa. However, what is important for us to gain success in this field is the constant flow of the customers who must imperatively patronize the business of Goans only irrespective of their religious affiliations. Our Church leaders especially our Pe. Vigars and Pe. Curs must advise our faithful either openly or thru clandestinely whom to patronize because our Pe. Vigars and Pe. Curs know this better. The time is now come for them to act and to act very boldly and dynamically.
As a matter of fact our community will survive or perish only on the basis of the support and advice of our Church leaders render tou our people. Hence, the onus falls on our Church. In the past our Church in Kuwait has failed us but now it will not be tolerated.
A.Veronica Fernandes.