As one strolls down London’s famed Portobello Road Market there is quite a semblance of Fontainhas, the quaint historic Latin quarter of Panjim City. Both witness a lot of commercial activity in a very residential zone. But the only difference being that the tourists moving by the droves on Portobello Road create no nuisance nor […]
Month: October 2024
GOA REMAINS INDEBTED TO DR JACK DE SEQUEIRA
Every year on October 17th we observe Dr Jack de Sequeira’s death anniversary and pay homage to Goa’s first Leader of Opposition. But for his then tireless efforts during that historic Opinion Poll which was held on 16th January 1967, Goa today would have been a mere district if not taluka of Maharashtra. Dr Jack de Sequeira as the then fiery voice of […]
MAY PEACE AND NOT WAR BE THE WAY AHEAD
Doctors in hospitals across the globe are strenuously working around the clock to save human lives. So isn’t it an irony that precious lives are being needlessly and tragically lost in various war-torn regions of the world. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown no respite and now the escalating turmoil around the Middle East is a […]
TRUE FRIENDS ARE INVALUABLE
When our journey on this Earth ends, we will not be judged by the wealth and property we have amassed but by our acts and deeds. I have been enormously blessed with an armoury of outstanding friends worldwide. Even our detractors should not be considered our foes as they could awaken us when we err. […]