Our great nation has very sadly been witnessing turmoil and mayhem in the last few months of 2019. Rightly there has been a people’s uprising across the country against the basic tenets of our Constitution being fudged and fiddled with. As we enter 2020, let us all solemnly vow to ensure that our India remains […]
Month: December 2019
GOA DESPERATELY NEEDS AN HONEST AND UPRIGHT CHIEF MINISTER
It is now abundantly clear that the Goa Government has been for too long blatantly lying to the people of Goa on the Mining as well as the Mhadei issue. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant should make public as to how many crores the Goa Government has merrily squandered over the last few years on Advocates […]
OUR GOA IS GOING DOWN THE DRAINS
It is very appalling that independent authorities constituted to deliver justice and bring the wrong doers to book are being allowed to go defunct. The Goa Human Rights Commission has been non-functional since July this year. The Goa State Police Complaints Authority has been headless since April last year. Our Chief Information Commissioner is due […]
POLITICIANS SHOULD LAY THEIR SOILED HANDS OFF THE JUDICIARY
Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer had said “Even so, the creed of judicial independence is our constitutional ‘religion’ and, if the executive use Article 222 to imperil this basic tenet, the Court must ‘do or die’. The manner in which the Narendra Modi government is craftily encroaching and undermining the independence of the judiciary is a […]
GOA’S ROADS TO HELL
After having had to endure the last Ganesh and Diwali with potholed roads we are in yet another festive season with roads across the state in a very awful condition. The rank indifference of the authorities is lamentable just like their broken promises. We are in the peak of the tourist season and what a […]
QUO VADIS MY NOW VERY SORROWING INDIA
As a very proud Indian, I am so woefully anguished and deeply distressed that my great nation is today in turmoil and flames. So many precious lives are being lost. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and his team had burnt the midnight oil to draft our great Indian Constitution to keep our country secular and democratic for […]
GOA AND GOANS TAKEN FOR A RIDE ON MHADEI
That Goa and Goans have been fooled on the very crucial Mhadei issue comes as no surprise. The expected politrik has dawned. In this political chicanery, for the BJP its party’s interests in Karnataka has overridden Goa’s welfare. It is absolutely shameful at the manner in which Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has in an utterly devious manner crookedly circumvented […]
Warm Season’s Greetings to You,
For Ribandar this Christmas is a very special one as our magnificently renovated Church premises nears completion. We all remain so very indebted to our dear Parish Priest, Rev. Fr Antonio Lourenco Fernandes for having tirelessly overseen the entire refurbishment of the Church premises which for decades had been in a most dilapidated state. Our […]
GOA NEEDS ALL OUR CONCERN AND COMMITMENT
As we gear to usher in 2020 let our firm resolve be to do everything possible to Save what now remains of our Goa. We need to keep a very watchful eye on every act of corruption and nepotism while we ensure that no Human Right of anyone is ever violated. Let our care and […]
MERIT ALONE AND NOT RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE OUR ONLY WAY AHEAD
In this competitive age for India to stride ahead, it is time to do away with the skewed policy of reservations for jobs and in electoral politics as well. Admissions to all professional colleges has to be also strictly on merit. The Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental Right to Equality, without discrimination on […]