What Will be the Next New Bottle for the ‘Development’ Wine?
By Albertina Almeida When the news first broke out about proposed amendments to the Goa Land Development and Building Regulation, 2010, […]
The (real) scandal of government employment
By Amita Kanekar So Goa is among the states with the highest number of government employees per capita of its population […]
In Hoc Signo…
By JASON KEITH FERNANDES Late last month the leader of the RSS Mohan Bhagwat affirmed that all persons living in India are […]
Remission for Bilkis Bano Case Convicts: In Praise of Terror?
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA The news of the remission of life sentence and consequent release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano […]
Building on sand, literally and otherwise
By AMITA KANEKAR The Chief Minister’s response to the almost-daily reports of rampant illegal sand mining across Goa needs to be framed […]
On the death of a Queen
By JASON KEITH FERNANDES Queen Elizabeth II (ERII) is dead, and it appears as if the entire world – or at least […]
Thinking NOIDA Twin Tower Judgement, Thinking Goa
By ALBERTINA ALMEIDA In the background of the NOIDA Twin Tower demolition, it is important to look at what is happening in […]
A Shortcut to Tipperary Review
By JASON KEITH FERNANDES Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to release A Shortcut to Tipperary […]
Independence as a long work-in-progress
By AMITA KANEKAR The declaration by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant during the Independence Day celebrations, that the Portuguese looted Goa for 400 […]
Dreaming Dignified Public Transport
I resume this column after a gap of six years, three of which – thanks to the pandemic which prevented smooth international […]