This homeless Goan is a broken man
This article based on true story dated July 3, 2022 put up by Herald is really an eye opener for every Goan.
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Herald is doing a great job especially playing very important role. When we say people make some noise when you are facing injustices when the Government turns a deaf ear to poor helpless people. Herald is really helping this people to come out with their stories. The blind man who is helpless has been thrown out from his own hereditary house by the goons where is humanity gone?
The Morjim family has to build its own temporary bridge to enter their own house. Our honourable ministers always talk about developments. But reach out to this type of families who does not have proper bridge to enter their own house. Some villages do not have proper transportation and some village roads are in very bad state. If our honourable ministers solve the problem which our villages are facing, then proudly we can say this is real development.
Anita Fernandes, Verna
Jabeur, Rybakina set up Wimbledon final
History-making Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, the first African woman to make it to a Grand Slam final since the Open era will take on Russian born Kazakh Elena Rybakina in the finals of the prestigious Wimbledon Championships today. 27-year old Ons Jabeur outlasted her friend Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 to set up a clash of styles against the gazelle-like moving Elena Rybakina who ousted former world no. 1 Simona Halep of Romania 6-3, 6-3.
The magical atmosphere of the Wimbledon Championship will thus become a veritable dream like setting which will enthrall the adoring fans as the guile of the willy Ons Jabeur will be pitted against the flowing movements of Elena Rybakina.
Wimbledon has rarely experienced such a contest of contrasting styles which is bound to become a fairy tale affair for either of the two, aspiring to be crowned as Wimbledon queen. Viewers will witness a contest to behold today. Tennis fans are in for a time of their lives!
Elvidio Miranda, Panjim
Is cricket really a gentleman’s game?
Since ages, cricket is considered to be a gentleman’s game. May be it was in the past when the game was a 5-6 days affair when players played in crisp white dresses and were prim and proper in behaviour. The rules set by the Britishers were followed to a ‘T’ by the cricket playing countries, except during the infamous bodyline bowling initiated by the Britishers themselves! But in the last few years cricket is anything but a gentleman’s game.
Spitting on the ground (during these pandemic times too), sledging, swearing, scuffles, profanities, racial abuses, match fixing, ball tampering and so forth. These are not characteristics of gentlemen but who cares since the stakes are high in terms of fame, money, publicity, fan following, advertisements etc! The game that was played for days has graduated to hours and from hundreds of overs to a total of 40 overs. Let us not be surprised if a day comes when cricket will be only of 5 overs for each team. So be it, but at least maintain a decorum on the cricket ground and in the dressing room.
Sridhar D’Iyer, Caranzalem
Goa administration’s failure
Goa state Administration’s failure is noticed by one and all every time any election is being held in Goa, be it zilla elections, municipality elections and now Panchayat elections. Every time it has been noticed that they are not prepared to hold elections on time citing some reason or the other as if they do not know that elections comes after every five years. It is their duty to get delimitations and reservations done on time so that elections can be conducted before the end of the term. They get up from the slumber at the last moment and try t hold elections the way they want. Then every time the court has to interfere, then the administration hires lawyers to fight court cases at the cost of public exchequer.
If the work of delimitations of wards and reservations for ladies and OBCs was done on time, the Panchayats elections would have been over by now and new Panchayats would have been formed. This shows the total failure of our administration.
Natividade Fernandes, Cavelossim
MLAs favour bullfights!
This has reference to the report ‘MLAs favour bullfights’ (Herald, July 8).
Bullfights as claimed to be a cultural aspect should be a shame for Goa!
Many in Goa choose to remain uncivilised! The dreams and consequent greed to generate revenue by legalisation of bullfights is nothing but the failure of Goan MLAs in their efforts to generate JOBs by the human efforts in building the much needed infrastructure for job creation in Goa. (Hence I suppose they dream of using animals to create jobs!). Additional revenue is most welcome but not at the cost of us becoming uncivilized! Bullfights and the consequent betting evil, just like the known MADKA betting evil, betting in football and cricket just showcases a society on its downward spiral!
Work hard fellow Goans and build infrastructure for future job creation in Agriculture, science and technology, medicine, Arts, Music, Human sports competition for the same in our educational institutions, so that our upcoming Goan generation can learn the much-needed skills to compete with the best in the world!
Promoting uncivilised ways to generate revenue will only see the curses of the poor animals on our generation! (Youth addiction in drugs, students addicted to computer games, casinos, betting in sports)
Goan MLAs, it’s time you all rise up to create world class skill development infrastructure in Goa, else due to the curse of betting your future along with ours will be like human bullfights on the streets!
Lazarus D’Souza, Bastora
Fall from grace
The curtains came down on the political drama in Britain, with Boris Johnson resigning as leader of Britain’s Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new Prime Minister. Defence Minister Ben Wallace and Indian-origin Rishi Sunak, whose departure as Finance Minister sparked the cabinet exodus, are among the frontrunners for the top post. Johnson said that the UK PM’s post was the best job in the world and will stay on as caretaker prime minister till a successor is elected. But he is facing calls to leave 10 Downing Street at once. What a fall from grace!
N J Ravi Chander,
Bengaluru
Are 10 days enough?
The decision of the government to curtail the assembly session to only 10 days due to reasons cited as unavailability of staff due to the upcoming panchayat elections is a flimsy excuse and a pretext to shy away from the innumerable problems that plague the State. The Assembly sessions were previously curtailed too on account of COVID-19. This decision will prove to be detrimental to the health of good governance and democracy in the State.
The Assembly session provides a platform to constructively discuss various issues and leads in better policy formulations and good governance, moreover there is a huge amount of tax payers fund spent on the training of newly elected MLAs on codes and conduct in the assembly. May better sense prevail and the decision to curtail the session re-reviewed.
Sheldon Rodrigues,
Navelim
