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Indian tourists beware… June 3, 2008

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Goa:A Travel Advisory

For all those of you who thought that Goa was a land of hospitable people..you’re right!
But then every silver cloud has a dark lining..
Let me put it like this…

There is this small restaurant close to Calangute on the beginning of Baga Beach Road called “INFANTARIA”.

If you are a Foreigner, chances are that you may get off easily.. but God help you if you are dark-skinned(read Indian/Asian).Chances are that you will be greeted with a cold non-existant welcome when you enter. The first thing that strikes a new visitor on entering the restaurant is the utter indifference shown by the waiters.After you succeed in catching the waiter’s eye,once you have settled down,consider yourself lucky in getting a menu card soon. The waiters all look like they have either just returned from a funeral or are going to one.
If anyone succeeds in getting the waiters to even display a ghost of a smile,I’m sure this feat will appear the next day in the local dailies.
It is exactly such an attitude that makes an Indian feel unwanted and ashamed in his own country.Probably the Portuguese hangover has not left the employees and owners of “INFANTARIA”.When we asked another local about the reason for this attitude, we were told that they(the owners) are so busy raking in the moolah that they have no time for social niceties.
All this at the expense of customers like you and me.
So. the bottom line is “BE WARNED. YOU ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK”. If you are indifferent to such attitudes then hats off to you.

 

My TEFL Training May 25, 2008

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I recently did my TEFL online 60-hour diploma from www.onlinetefl.com. I started the
course in July 2005 and within 25 days completed the entire 10 modules. The last
Grammar Awareness Module I finished liesurely within the next 5 months.

I received my TEFL online 60-hour diploma from www.onlinetefl.com in the month of
January 2006 and then I started hunting for a Teaching job in right earnest. It was
essential to find a teaching job and find it fast. Thailand was my destination and
I was headed there by end of February 2006.

It is indeed sad to note that in today’s day and age,most of the schools can be
so color-conscious that only white teachers are preferred.Speaking good english
is confused with speaking american-accented english.Whoever said that native-english
speakers are the best english teachers? Indeed a sad commentary on the state of
international education.

Zoroastrianism on the Decline May 25, 2008

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Our Dwindling Parsee Community

 

Welcome to the approaching end of a beautiful religion. The Zoroastrians are surely being decimated and have nobody but themselves to blame for it.Not only are the Zoroastrians a dying breed ,their religion is dying with them. A Centuries-old tradition of keeping their strain pure by preventing conversion from other religions is fast making this wonderful race of human beings a mere statistic in some history books.

Will our staunch religious attitude be instrumental in speeding up the end of our dwindling community and make them more conscious of their disappearing roots? Let us not dilute our religion by being lax on conversions.Instead let us try and bind our brethren together to prevent them from straying into marriage outside our community.

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