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Between student suicides and parents' dreams

Most parents have the vision to make themselves proud to see their children grow their careers brighter by investing in higher education, at times even drawing educational loans. Children on the other hand, support the parents by working hard to get distinction results to meets parents dreams. But with four deaths within a year at one of the top institute - BITS Pilani, Goa finds rest of the parents in a hardcore trauma to think, is my child next? It is sad, that recent victim student Khusagra Jain ends up with "suicidal degree" and completed 50 per cent of the course study, before fulfilling various dreams, and why? Some study speaks about "most of the root causes of these suicides are the lack of encouragement and support from family members, both financially and mentally. Most parents are looking for top returns on their investment and get obsessed with marks as they approach the final years, aiming to see their child have a top-notch job or position, while some may argue -- there could be other reasons such as addiction to drugs, etc. Sad though, but where do the parents stand?



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Stop mindless giveaway of comunidade land

ARWIN MESQUITA, Colva
Published Aug 18, 2025, 8:10 PM IST
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It was really unfortunate for the Chicalim and Chicolna comunidades to issue a statement supporting the government in legalising illegal houses on comunidade land!  The statement included the words “ To Fill Coffers”   Seems they like political parties, corrupt ministers/bureaucrats etc have the same aim today “To Fill Coffers” with no care whatsoever as to the negative effects on Goa and its posterity! The term “Goan” is not clearly defined and hence these…

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