It did not take much time or effort to unravel the shady side of retired Director of Goa Printing Press N.D. Agarwal whom the Minister for Printing Press Rohan Khaunte has now needlessly appointed as Advisor. The very shrewd and crafty N.D Agarwal just before his retirement set up Narayani Publication in 2013 printing […]
Month: October 2022
THIS CHEAP VERBAL TAMASHA BETWEEN MINISTERS MUST END
The current pot-shots in public by some of the Goa Ministers against each other are in utter bad taste. And the public are watching in despair these cheap intrigues among Ministers. The Cabinet has to function in unionism, and it is the collective responsibility of every Minister to work as a team and speak in […]
OUR LEADERS MUST BE HUMBLE AND NEVER ARROGANT
Our elected representatives should always act with absolute humility. Those elected should never lose sight that they are servants of the people, elected by the people and paid by the people whom they should be accountable to while respectfully and truthfully serving. Those elected should strictly live up to the wishes and aspirations of the […]
HIRE OF VEHICLE EXCEEDS SALARY PAID TO N.D.AGARWAL
The Goa Government is incurring a monthly expenditure of over Rs 70, 000 on the official vehicle hired through the Goa Tourism Development Corporation for Mr. N.D. Agarwal who is now the Advisor in the Department of Printing & Stationery hired on a monthly salary of Rs 50,000/-. This has been revealed in the information […]
REMEMBERING DR MANJUNATH DESAI, EVERY PATIENT’S INVINCIBLE CARING FRIEND
It is a year since that unexpected and premature death of our dear Doctor Manjunath Desai. Goa lost an extremely rare and committed Doctor, for he was a tall pillar of strength and hope for the Cardiology unit which he was heading at the Goa Medical College at the time when he left us all […]
GOVERNMENT SHIELDING LAND-GRABBER MLA JIT AROLKAR
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe land-grabbing in the State is being politically controlled and manipulated by the Government. It has shied away from taking action against ruling Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar who is accused of land-grabbing an area admeasuring 1, 48,800 sq. mtrs at Dhargal in Pernem Taluka owned by a […]
WILL THE TRAFFIC MAYHEM IN PANAJI EVER END?
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has made yet another tall promise, this time that the PWD, RTO and the Traffic Police will within 15 days prepare a plan to curtail road accidents. Let us hope that this assurance does not end up as the rest, never to be honoured. Goa desperately needs proper traffic management. Even […]
A NOT SO BRIGHT DIWALI
Diwali our Festival of Lights is here. However in Goa it is gloom and doom on all fronts. There can be no festivity with potholed roads everywhere as well as very erratic water and power supply. Besides, due to lack of vision and prompt corrective measures, the Goan economy is in a muddle bringing no […]
A VERY SENSIBLE SUGGESTION BY SUDIN DHAVLIKAR
The public appeal to the people of Goa by Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar to do away with burning effigies of ‘Narkasurs’is a very sensible one. We need to find a better way to celebrate the victory of good over evil by shunning this practice of fireworks. Environmental and noise pollution should be a matter of […]
BATTLING SILLY SOULS HAS BEEN A VERY ARDUOUS TASK
Over the last almost five decades I have had the rare privilege of being part of a diverse range of public issues across Goa, encompassing a wide range of facts. But I have to candidly admit, that the toughest of them all has been this Silly Souls affair concerning the restaurant at Assagao allegedly run […]