Commentary
India’s paradox of progress at 79
On August 15, 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his immortal “Tryst with Destiny” speech to inaugurate a free India – a nation then grappling with a deeply fractured economy, mass…
The changing frame
As World Photography Day approaches on August 19, photographers talk about changes in their work,…
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 Commentary
Dynamics of low-cost airlines
Schemes like UDAN try to promote regional connectivity but end up suffering from bureaucratic hurdles, infra gaps and uneven success.…
United abroad, divided at home
How does one then make sense of a political milieu which is stoutly batting for India on foreign soil but…
Literate Goa: Showing way to others
A fully literate workforce, as is envisaged, can potentially increase Goa’s GDP growth by 3% and more annually, as there…
No future for Mapusa without river
The river flowing past the town is encroached, polluted, silted, eutrophicated with poor tidal flushing, and appears almost dead, and…
No future for Mapusa without river
The river flowing past the town is encroached, polluted, silted, eutrophicated with poor tidal flushing, and appears almost dead, and…
Remembering Ahilyabai Holkar
Strategic relations of the Maratha queen of Indore with the neighbouring rulers and the flexible religious policies led to the…
Decades of Rohingya persecution
A turning point in their marginalisation was the 1982 Citizenship Law in Myanmar, which excluded them from the definition of…
Rabindranath Tagore on Nation
His views on the nation reflected upon the political, social and metaphysical life of India. Hence, his idea of India…