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Clean up after fairs, don’t burden the municipality

Margao has feasts and consumer fairs almost throughout the year, and the parking area in front of the Osia building seems to be the favourite site, the second being Madel opposite the KTC terminal. At the conclusion of every event, tonnes of garbage are left behind by the allottees of the stalls, which the Margao municipality painstakingly clears over the course of a week.

I suggest that, besides the fees, a security deposit be levied on the stall owners, which should only be released after they cart away their trash. This will ensure that the grounds are left clean for the next event and that the authorities are not unduly burdened.


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Goa’s forgotten Lusophone identity

Everette Assis Telles via email
Published Dec 21, 2025, 12:01 AM IST
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Apropos reports in the press about the Braganza Garden revamp and the pedestal of former Portuguese Prime Minister Salazar, it is worth reflecting on how other former colonies have embraced their Lusophone heritage, while Goa chose to turn away from it.Macau continues to use Portuguese alongside Cantonese, strengthening its links with the wider Lusophone world. In Goa, however, Portuguese was removed after Liberation, breaking a 451-year cultural connection. The irony was…

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