As taxpayers money cannot be poured down the drain, any new project or proposal the Government plans to introduce should be well thought over and planned in keeping with the available infrastructure and feasibility. This is what should happen. The reality is different. Over the last few years the Tourism Department amidst much euphoria introduced […]
Month: November 2022
MR CM, GOA IS NOT A TOURIST ‘PARASITE’
The major handicap that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant faces is his inability to communicate in English which for a State like Goa is a great predicament. Recently addressing a conference he is quoted as having said that Goa was a tourist ‘parasite’ instead of saying ‘paradise’. What a gaffe which put us all to shame. […]
A MOCKERY THAT TODAY’S CLEAN-O-THON WAS
If Goa is going to the dogs was vividly reiterated with the hard ground evidence of that sordid reality today at Miramar beach this morning. A very sad day for Goa. That the stage managed drama CLEAN – O – THON organised by the Goa Government in collaboration with Divyaj Foundation headed by wife of […]
RIDDING GOA OF SEWAGE MUST BE A TOP PRIORITY
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had the rank audacity to falsely claim that Goa was Open Defecation Free (ODF) from 31st August 2019. It is over three long years down the road and the very grimy ground reality is there for all to see with people urinating and even defecating out in the open everywhere. In the […]
THE BASIC TENETS OF OUR CONSTITUTION ARE BEING ERODED
On 26th November we observed our Constitution Day which is also known as National Law Day. We have a lot to reflect on what has been going wrong with the very guiding principles of our Constitution being flouted with impunity. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted our Constitution which was drafted by a […]
CHANDRAKANT KENI WAS A FRIEND, GUIDE AND MENTOR
26th November is Chandrakant Keni’s birth anniversary. An icon of the Konkani movement and the Opinion Poll who dedicated his life to draw the country’s attention to our native language. In his death on 3rd February 2009, Goa lost a very distinguished son. The very articulate and versatile Chandrakant Keni never retired. Always had that zeal and determination […]
INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY IS VITAL
Justice DY Chandrachud who has taken over as the Chief Justice of India on 9th of this month will have a term of almost two years which should give him enough time to streamline the judiciary and regain its independence which his two immediate predecessors strenuously worked towards after the muck left behind by their […]
POLITICAL PROSTITUTES MUST PERISH FROM THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Goa Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar should swiftly decide the disqualification petitions against those eight Congress MLAs who jumped into the BJP while betraying the party on whose platform and manifesto they stood, won, and swore allegiance to. They also betrayed the voters who had reposed faith in them to serve them according to the party pledges […]
WITH TWO GLARING WHITE ELEPHANTS PANAJI WILL NEVER BE A SMART CITY
Panaji’s first and only multi-level car park at the entrance of the city which was inaugurated amidst much fanfare in November 2016 and has been hardly utilized even during the peak tourist season is a glaring example of slanted planning of the so-called developmental works. We were assured two years ago that all the Casinos […]
GOA TOURISM INDUSTRY IN A SUPER MESS
The Government over the last many years has been needlessly squandering crores of rupees on organizing road shows across the world and within the country to promote Goa as a Tourist destination. It has been a misconceived waste of public funds and a free junket for the Tourism Minister and his entourage only further burdening […]