Goa’s devious Town & Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai had two months ago assured me that swift and stringent action would be taken against the rampant unlawful land filling all over the Merces-Chimbel area. But his action if any has been mere eyewash only on paper. It is very distressing to see the continued land […]
Month: November 2017
ANOTHER UNFAIR MOVE AGAINST THE GOA COPS
The move to penalize cops for using mobile phones for non-official calls is stretching fair-mindedness and very unjust. The constabulary have to work very long hours and are detached from their families. If they fail to attend a call from their children, the cops could be held for violating the provisions of the Goa Children’s […]
STUDENT POWER MUST RESURRECT IN GOA
Student activism encompasses student involvement in issues dealing with economic, environmental, political and social change on and off the campus. Having been closely associated with the very vibrant student movements in Goa witnessed in the 70’s and 80’s, it is extremely anguishing and very disheartening that the student activism today is virtually nonexistent in the […]
JUDGES SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE
In a move towards transparency and accountability, the Judges of the Supreme Court of India in 2009 began making their assets and liabilities public on the court’s website. However of the current 25 Supreme Court Judges 11 of them have not yet made their assets public. On 2nd September 2009 the Judges of the Bombay […]
DR WILFRED DE SOUZA HAD DIAGNOSED VIJAI SARDESAI’S GREED 19 YEARS AGO
In 1998 when Dr Wilfred de Souza formed the Goa Rajiv Congress Party he had anointed Vijai Sardesai as the President of the party’s youth wing. But soon the renowned political surgeon that he was Dr Wilfred de Souza swiftly assessed Vijai Sardesai. “If power ever slips into the hands of this brat, he will […]
VIJAI SARDESAI’S TALE FROM LOG CABIN TO WHITE HOUSE
Goa’s now veteran political wheeler and dealer, the 47 year old Town & Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai became a multi-crorepati surely without working for even a day all his life. He should infact organize a workshop in every village to enlighten the people on those tricks of his trade by Supari and Fixing that […]
GOA MUST GET RID OF THE IFFI TAMASHA
In 2004 the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar did the people of Goa and Panaji in particular the catastrophic disservice by consenting to host the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in the State. This month Goa will witness yet another edition of IFFI. Over the last 14 years it has been an annual nightmare […]
A SHAMELESS VIJAI BACKS HIS DELINQUENT MINISTER
It is no surprise that the now politically embarrassed and apparently arrogant Vijai Sardesai has come to the rescue of his beleaguered cabinet colleague, the very cocky Fisheries Minister Vinod Paliencar who finds himself at the center of that glaring sex scandal. Truth hurts but it is only truth that will always ultimately prevail. People in […]
WILL THE SUPREME COURT CATCH UP WITH GOA’S TWO POLITICIANS
The corrupt and criminal minded need to be uprooted from the political spectrum for there to be a ray of hope for India’s polity. The Supreme Court has rightly observed that in the interest of the nation the criminal cases involving politicians must be speedily disposed. Expressing the need for decriminalization of politics, the Court […]