We need to commend our very own Goan writer and thinker Datta Damodar Naik for having generously provided funding of one Crore to our Konkani Bhasha Mandal towards the very worthy cause of promoting and protecting our Konkani language. Our language is a symbol of our identity and everything possible needs to be done to […]
2024 HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL YEAR
As 2024 nears its end, it’s time to reflect on the momentous but some challenging times. It has been a Year where I have spent a lot of time in the Skies travelling around seeing new countries and making more friends. It has been a stimulating year through which God has guided me. In all […]
HOPE 2025 SEES GLOBAL PEACE
Whilst we all celebrate this festive Season and as we gear to herald in 2025, my thanks to Almighty God for having guided and accompanied me throughout the year. I am so very indebted to all my teachers who from my school days to my law degree have so patiently enriched me with all that wealth of knowledge. […]
A FLAWLESS EXPOSITION OF OUR PATRON AND PROTECTOR
It was a Divine blessing to be in Goa and to be able to venerate the Sacred relics of our Patron Saint Francis Xavier in the Se Cathedral at Old Goa. It was heartening to be able to witness first-hand the meticulous, detailed and well organised arrangements for the Feast and the Exposition of the […]
D.Y. CHANDRACHUD WAS A FORMIDABLE CHIEF JUSTICE
The very illustrious and affable D.Y. Chandrachud has retired after ably steering the scales of justice for two years as the 50th Chief Justice of India. Prior to that he was Judge of India’s highest Court for over six eventful years. Greg Olsen had very aptly said ‘Change happens through example and not through just talking about it’. […]
STREAMLINE WORKING OF THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
The Indian High Commissions, Embassies and Consulates across the world are the first point of contact for Indian Citizens, those of Indian Origin and foreign nationals who desire to travel to India for Tourism and even Trade. These foreign missions should leave a lasting good impression on those visiting them. Some foreign Missions may be doing a […]
A DIWALI – HOME AWAY FROM HOME
Diwali 2024 in London will be a memorable day to reminisce. Spent the festive day in Southall which is de facto the Indian heartland in London. Whilst strolling along the streets and not an Englishman in sight. Where have they all gone? I wondered. At Southall one feels one is walking around at Delhi’s Chandni […]
LESSONS FONTAINHAS CAN IMBIBE FROM PORTOBELLO
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 […]
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 […]