Very warm greetings to you all on Ganesh Chaturthi. In this festive season, amid the gloom of the ongoing pandemic, let us all pray fervently to Lord Ganesha, the Vignaharta (Remover of obstacles), to ease our never ending suffering, particularly of the poor and needy across Goa, indeed across the world. Lord Ganesha is traditionally worshipped by one and all as Remover of obstacles. But the wise God can also place obstacles in the path of those that need to be checked -- the wicked ones who cause untold misery to others.
When they leave the entire State with potholed roads as deathly obstacles for us, with so many broken promises or half hearted reliefs, in this season of joy we have no hope of respite without divine intervention. May Lord Ganesha place obstacles to check those currently in power who have been heartlessly and ruthlessly ruining us and whatever little remains of our beloved Goa, even as He, in His wisdom and power, removes the obstacles in the path of the common man.
If we are to get off this downward spiral of no return, then only gods can help us and Goa. Tathastu -- so be it…
