Opinion
A great personality, committed to nation-building
There is a beautiful saying, “वृक्ष कबहुँ नहिं फल भखै, नदी न संचै नीर। परमारथ के कारने, साधुन धरा शरीर।” It means the tree does not consume its own fruit,…
Exhibition woes
EDITORIAL Panaji cannot claim smart-city ambitions while mega events leave roads clogged At the recently…
Pitch for sustainable growth in Goa
It has been a case of rampant degradation and destruction of the state’s environment which…
Give hope a chance
As New Year kicks in, government and people must resolve to improve happiness index There…
EDM death: Report points to mix of drugs, alcohol
Panaji: The preliminary report into the death of Delhi youth, who died in a hospital…
Lasted Opinion
The new face of terrorism
The deadly car blast near the Red Fort in New Delhi serves to be a stark reminder of the persistent…
Bihar: Clean sweep with concerns
There was a time in India when whatever the election results, the Election Commission of India (ECI) was the acknowledged…
Partagali Math: The new Ayodhya
My maternal great-grandparents and my maternal grandmother, Kaveri, served the Partagali math for decades. As a result, the days spent…
The Mekong and the Ganga
In land locked Laos, I noticed that the country’s everyday life revolved around the Mekong river, like a civilisation in…
A reality check on tourism in Goa
It is easy to look at the official tourism numbers and conclude that Goa is thriving. Indeed the state continues…
RTI turning into Right to Deny
India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force on October 12, 2005. It is one the strongest transparency laws…
Gulf between education and job market
My daughter is studying 12th science. She wants to be a vet. PTAs in schools, therefore, become very important. The…
India’s tragedy: Lessons never learned
From the Kurnool bus inferno to deadly crashes in Hyderabad, Jaipur and Uttarakhand; from stampedes in Karur, Bengaluru, Kasibuga and…