Witnessing harsh reality of governance in India
What do our politicians truly give us after coming to power? Before elections, they shower us with promises, only to vanish once elected, turning the citizens into beggars for five long years. This cycle of hope followed by disappointment is deeply disheartening. In many states like Maharashtra and Odisha, farmers and villagers pay electricity bills as low as Rs 200 per month. Shockingly, in Goa, residents often face bills running...
Stop giving bouquets, gift potted plants instead
On several occasions people gift bouquets to chief guests and wedded couples, on birthdays, to retiring employees, teacher’s day, place them in the house and so forth. Undoubtedly flowers look pretty and colourful in the midst of ferns and leaves and jacketed in cellophane paper. For extra effect or for...
Development on hoardings, but danger on highways
This is with reference to your article 'Streets turn into battleground for banners'. This is not just a case in Mapusa or Goa, but a problem across the whole country. Advertising has become the new norm for politicians. Visits, birthday wishes and festival greetings, political events, even government schemes are...
A no-fly zone for Amit Shah in Kolkata?
Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Kolkata and it is understood that a no-fly zone has been declared around a radius of 3 km in the places he will go to. This ostensibly is being done to combat threats to his life from the skies. Why are we getting so...
BJP development model has damaged Goa
The BJP reportedly aims to win 30 of Goa’s 40 Assembly seats in the 2027 elections, focusing particularly on vulnerable constituencies in Salcete. The party won 20 seats in 2022, after which eight Congress MLAs defected to the BJP to enjoy their ‘acche-din’. The only way the BJP can reach...
