By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 19, 2019: What a word! My word, it isn’t. Ask our very own wordsmith – Shashi Tharoor. So why did I choose such an obnoxious sounding word? It is actually a combination of three words – Grape, Gripe and Rape; with which I have taken poeticContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov. 1, 2019: Father Romuald D’Souza, a renowned Jesuit educationist and thinker, died on November 1 in Goa, western India. He was 94. Father D’Souza “will always be remembered for his contribution to the field of education. He will always be an inspiration to allContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, August 17, 2019: When Robin D’Souza and friends thought of beginning a cable TV channel in Goa to promote Gospel values, it seemed an impossible dream at first. “The impossible dream has become a reality now,” D’Souza, who oversees the day to day function of theContinue Reading
By Fr. Nelson Lobo OFM Cap Panaji, August 8, 2019: Goa is gone to dogs is the common refrain we hear from not only Goans but also from foreigners. Frustrations and disappointments are seen on their faces. A kind of angst situation exists all over. In moments of disillusionment oneContinue Reading
Panaji, July 29: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 29 assured the state legislative assembly that he will look into complaints of police harassment by church-goers in Colva, a village in the coastal state’s southern region. Raising the issue, NCP MLA Churchill Alemao said traffic police personnel were penalizingContinue Reading
By Danuska Da Gama Panaji, April 7, 2019: The tenth successor of Don Bosco, Rector Major Ángel Fernández Artime was in Goa. The head of more than 15,000 Salesians the world over spent time with youngsters while visiting the Panaji Province. It wasn’t the first time Father Artime visited India.Continue Reading
Derek Almeida, Panaji Panaji, Jan.2, 2019: When residents of the island village of St Estevam found that they were going to lose their land to a jetty for loading coal, they decided to stop protesting and take decisive action. Led by the young on the island, they decided that theContinue Reading
Margao: Bailancho Ekvott, a women’s collective in Goa, has demanded a thorough probe into an online sex racket that promotes prostitution activities through a website in the name of the Basilica of Bom Jesus. “This is clearly a case of tarnishing the image of Goa and Goan women,” Auda ViegasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The people of Goa celebrated the nativity of Saint John the Baptist on June 24 leaping into wells and other water bodies in the western Indian state. On the feast day, merrymakers wear a crown of leaves and flowers and jump into rivers and wellsContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa has historically attracted missionaries and spiritual leaders who have left a distinct impression on the state’s culture, Governor Mridula Sinha said on Tuesday. “Goa attracted spiritual leaders and missionaries, which left a distinct impression on various aspects of Goa’s culture. The state is also known as a landContinue Reading
