Why Nobody Needs to Be Afraid of the Cockroach: The Reality of Political Substance
The Opinion published in The Navhind Times, penned by Rajdeep Sardessai titled “Who is afraid of the cockroach & why"...
The Legacy of Fr. Bolmax: A Faithful Prophet's Eternal Flame
In the sun-kissed shores of Goa, where the Arabian Sea whispers ancient hymns to swaying palms, there walked a shepherd...
*DON'T CRY FOR ME RG*
Well, hoping against Hope, the Divorce is well and truly done. Whoever is to be blamed, it doesn’t matter for it takes t...
The Burrow Beneath Our Feet: A Quiet Partnership in Water Conservation
On a sun scorched patch of land, where the earth lies cracked and dry for most of the year, a small hole in the ground i...
Inside the PR world : A Beginner’s Look at the Industry
Stepping into the world of public relations for the first time can feel both exciting and overwhelming. As someone who r...
Lord Parshuram under Fire: Can Faith be put on Trial by Science? By Sandeep Heble
The Gods must be laughing over the silliness at which we seem to be creating one controversy after another while the day...
Who’s the real Goencho Saib - Saint Francis Xavier or Lord Parshuram?
What an unnecessary issue at a time when Goa is struggling with far more serious problems like land conversions, hill cu...
IN EDGAR RIBEIRO’S DEMISE, A CHAPTER OF PLANNING HISTORY CLOSES
The passing of Edgar Rebeiro at the venerable age of ninety-five marks the quiet departure of a luminous mind—one that h...
*EDGAR RIBEIRO , QUINTESSENTIALLY GOAN*
The passing of a doyen of Urban Planning, who wore his Goan heart proudly, profoundly, poetically and most importantly,...
THE POPE FROM PERU
Unless you have been living under a rock, you must be aware of the most intense and beautiful battle of our times. The b...
THE SCRAPPING SEASON
This was quite a 9,of April, no ? Day of Infamy and sheer Chicanery. The Ponda by elections were scrapped. Ketan Bhatika...
*THE CCP (CONFUSED, CONFOUNDING PANAJI) SHOWDOWN*
😎 So, now that the heat and dust has settled, one can reflect on the just-concluded CCP election. Confused? Confoundi...
Viva Libia Lobo Sardesai.
Viva Portugal.
How did a death trap pass every check in Goa?
Saturday nights in Goa have always followed a familiar rhythm. From Calangute and Baga to Anjuna, Vagator, Morjim, Mandr...
WTF (WHAT THE FIRE) By Dr Oscar Rebello
😎 Fire breaks out at a completely illegal night club, Birch by Romeo Lane, consuming 25 innocents. 😎The shock and...
RSS@100: A Century of Service, Discipline and Nation Building
On the auspicious day of Vijayadashami in 1925, Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar sowed the seed of an idea that would grow in...
TEN QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIMES
TEN QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIMES
TEN QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIMES
TEN QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIMES
😎 When will dear old Rama be fit enough to make his statement to the magistrate? The protests will certainly lose ste...
TEN QUESTIONS FOR OUR TIMES
When will dear old Rama be fit enough to make his statement to the magistrate? The protests will certainly lose steam, u...
*THE NUNS OF DURG*
We are all steeped in the controversy of how two middle-aged nuns from Kerala, accompanying three Christian tribals who...
GOA MEDICAL CASUALTY
I deliberately waited to gather my thoughts and wait for the brouhaha to play out in the now infamous Cestao de Casualty...
WAR & PEACE
By Dr Oscar Rebello I don't know about you, but far away as I was, I pumped my fist in the air after India comprehensive...
WAR & PEACE
By Dr Oscar Rebello I don't know about you, but far away as I was, I pumped my fist in the air after India comprehensive...
*MY POPE FRANCIS*
By Dr Oscar Rebello There is one thing an atheist, a cynic, and a true believer can agree upon. They all believe uncondi...
BIG BROTHER WATCHING YOU
I am currently traveling to calm down my Goa-inflicted psychiatric trauma. A condition all of us suffer from immensely....
THE BHAUSAHEB LEGACY
I do not know whether you are into the controversy or not. But recently, my good friend Venzy Viegas of Benaulim compare...
HURT SENTIMENTS
There must be no larger population on the planet than ours that gets offended, outraged and frothing at the slightest pe...
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
A cop, brazenly and knowing that cameras are watching him, escorts a notorious criminal out of jail…some Escort Servic...
THE FUN TIMES ARE BACK
However much you may virulently disagree with the BJP, or shamelessly be an apologist for it, there is one quality of th...
RANDOM DYSTOPIAN GOAN THOUGHTS
We are truly living in a dystopian world in Goa. Nothing makes sense. Nothing adds up. Nothing is what it seems. But you...
RANDOM DYSTOPIAN GOAN THOUGHTS
We are truly living in a dystopian world in Goa. Nothing makes sense. Nothing adds up. Nothing is what it seems. But you...
THIS BUG IS KILLING PEOPLE DURING MONSOON
Most certainly, we in Goa have not witnessed in living memory such a relentless, revengeful and reckless downpour, upend...
DEMOLITION AT ASSAGAO
It really seems that the corrupt, compromised and creaky train of Goa is pretty much reaching Land's End now. You can vi...
WE CAN BREATHE
In May 2020, in Minneapolis Minnesota USA, a white supremacist cop, Derek Chauvin, put that famous knee on the neck of a...
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS AT ELECTION TIME
With a tepid Lok Sabha campaign underway, and all candidates singing familiar tunes, as usual there are more questions t...
THE JOKE THAT IS THE CONGRESS IN GOA
For those of us, wedded in a way to the Congress (Nehruvian if you will) ideology, it is truly dystopian the kind of cha...
THINKING SPECS
Taking a tour of my house in the morning is like living by the sea, just sitting on the teal blue sofa and watching the...
GOVIND GAUDE ANI SHIVYA
The latest storm in a tea-cup is the Govind Gaude diatribe against some random officer
*THE RAM MANDIR*
Finally, the day dawns!! The consecration of the Ram Mandir is all set for tomorrow in a dazzling display of pomp, grand...
*FRANCISCO @ 80*
80 eventful years. 80 fateful years. 80 years as witness to the tumultuous period of post- liberation Goan history!! 80...
PIGGY WIGGY DANCE ( P.W.D.)
As another lazy Sunday unfolds and the nation has already bitten off half its finger nails before the first ball of the...
WRAPPING MY BRAIN
SWATCHH GOA: A CLEAN & SHINING MODEL
Cleanliness is said to be among the first signs of a civilised society. The importance of cleanliness in our habitat was...
THE SEASON OF MADNESS
Well, Well, Well !! Madness has descended completely onto Goa and has us in its grip and thrall. Bolmax set the ball rol...
THE COLLAPSE OF GOA
This was a complete, vicious, heart- wrenching dagger, dug deep into our very soul. Memories of innumerable performances...
THE COLLAPSE OF GOA
This was a complete, vicious, heart- wrenching dagger, dug deep into our very soul. Memories of innumerable performances...
INVADERS AND ERASERS
*ERASING CULTURES* Goa, in case you hadn't noticed, is on an Erasure Mission. Sawant and his merry tribe are the new "Mi...
BREATHING THE KARNATAKA AIR
There is this strange phenomenon about the historic and tectonic Karnataka verdict. Apart from folk like us, regularly v...
WALKING THE STREETS OF PANAJI BY DR OSCAR REBELLO
In case you've been living under a Rock, let me bring you up to date. Much before Putin and his mafia invaded Ukraine, o...
*MAA MHADEI*
An interesting and rather indisputable fact of Life!! Water has no Religion, Water has no Caste, Water has no Ethnicity,...
*MAA MHADEI*
An interesting and rather indisputable fact of Life!! Water has no Religion, Water has no Caste, Water has no Ethnicity,...
IS THE COVID SURGE (O.K. SCOURGE) BACK??
So, beloved old China dominates the headlines, for all the wrong reasons again. They unscrupulously invade and needle ne...
BRAINLESS DIGGING FOR SMART CITY
The operative word guiding our life in Goa these days is SMART Smart cities and mangled villages as envisaged by easily...
SALCETE WILL WIN IF DABOLIM AIRPORT SHUTS : OSCAR
MAY DAY, MAY DAY The latest kerfuffle that is going to grab the Goan eyeballs and balls this winter is going to be the p...
VELINGKAR @75
At the outset let me be clear, that I do not subscribe in any way to the RSS exclusivit, hindu supremacist ideology. I c...
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Way back in 2007, the people of Goa, rose to a man (and woman) to get the Regional Plan 2021, a draconian document that...
WHO IS CORREACT
Goa loves its fair share of drama. The latest potboiler hitting the theaters near you is the new film: “Govind Gaude k...
AI SAIBA !!!
Just as the temperatures are soaring, the heat stifling, all the mangoes thus far still not yet ripened to their killer...
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE: IT'S DESIRABILITY AND NEED
Article 44 of the Constitution though a Directive Principle of State Policy calls upon the State to endeavour to secure...
I WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY STARTED MINING IN GOA IF...
I would have out bidden everybody and taken Over each and every Iron Ore Mining Lease in Goa and restarted mining instan...
KASHMIR - MY INNOCENT FILINGS
Let me put on record I am not an expert on the complex issue of Kashmir Not even remotely. But, watching The Kashmir Fil...
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE, GUYS
Dr Oscar Rebello March 10 was quite a kick in the solar plexus for all of us. Right?? The mood in the electorate was so...
SIGH !! THE BORING ELECTION CIRCUS IS BACK IN TOWN- DR OSCAR REBELO
Feb 14 2022, there will be a new government elected, but the deceit, the dread, the dacoity, and oh yes democracy ( yawn...
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF OMICRON AND OTHER VIRUSES
Now that we are back in the familiar python-like grip of panic, paranoia and the pandemic all over again, it may be pert...
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY AAP
First, let me set the record straight. I am no longer a card-holding member of AAP. But I still remain wedded to the ori...
MAGICAL MANJUNATH
My dear Dhruv Today October 24 will go down in our small medical community in Goas history as the most crushing and deva...
KEJRIWALJI, GOA IS NOT DELHI
The recent announcement by AAP of a dole for the unemployed, jobs for all and 80 % reservation of jobs in the private se...
PM MODI IS AN INSPIRATION TO ME & EVERY KARYAKARTA
I join over 1.5 million Goans, to extend warm Birthday wishes to India’s beloved Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ji &...
UNLOCKING SENSIBLY
*Unlocking sensibly*... The world has been cooped up for too long to be comfortable anymore and yet there is no comforti...
COST OF FREEBIES
So my fellow Goans, what additional freebies do you fancy? You shall command and we shall have it, at least in the manif...
Whether Democratic Legislation?
The recently concluded Goa Assembly session will go down the annals of Goa’s Legislative history as a Dark chapter. At t...
SEASON OF DEFECTORS
This assembly election in Goa is supposed to be against the menace of defections and disloyalty; defection from the poli...
OUTRAGE PRIORITIES: WHERE DID CM ERR?
I used to feel proud as a journalist because we are probably the only state in the country where regional channels telec...
THE POWER ECONOMICS
I think it was a wonderful idea to have a ministers' face to face debate in person before citizens !! I think it's the f...
DILLI VS GULLY: CHANGING APPROACHES?
Goa witnessed three significant political events during the last fortnight. First, it was the national convenor of AAP A...
DO NOT FORFEIT SENSE OF JUSTICE
When the advocate general of the state told the high court that probing into the Covid deaths of Goans due to scarcity o...
SEAWEED HAS POTENTIAL, BUT WHO'S LOOKING, SAYS GABRIELLA D'CRUZ
Goa has rich potentia
CONGRESS HAS BECOME 'THE MINIMUM PARTY'
There is no point in pinning hopes on Congress that it would pose any challenge to the BJP.