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  पंडित नेहरु आणि गोवा .... ``गोवा के लोक अजीब है'' ( मांडवीतून बोटीने पणजीत आलेल्या पंतप्रधान पंडित नेहरुंचा हा दुर्मिळ फोटो. पंडितजींनी गोव्याला २२ मे १९६३ रोजी पहिल्यांदाच भेट दिली. ) `` पोर्तुगीजांची वसाहत असणाऱ्या गोव्याच्या मुक्तीसाठी १९५५ साली गोव्यात आपला ऐतिहासिक सत्याग्रह करण्यापूर्वी समाजवादी नेते श्री. ना. ग. उर्फ नानासाहेब गोरे यांनी त्यावेळच्या गोव्यातील पोर्तुगीज गव्हर्नर जनरलला एक पत्र लिहिले होते. गोव्यात सत्याग्रह करण्यामागील आपली भूमिका त्यांनी या पत्रात स्पष्ट केली होती. `आमच्या या कृतीने तुमची सत्ता मोडेल असे मानण्याचे अतिरेकी धाडस आम्ही करत नाही’ अशी स्पष्ट कबुली त्यांनी दिली होती पण या वाक्याला जोडूनच त्यांनी लिहिले होते. ``परंतु आमच्या प्रयत्नांचा काहीच परिणाम होणार नाही असे मात्र आम्हाला वाटत नाही. गोव्याच्या लढ्यात आम्ही (गोवेकर सोडून इतर भारतीय) सहभागी केल्यामुळे गोवा आणि भारत यामधील कृत्रिम सरहद्दीच्या दोन्ही बाजूस राहणारे लोक शाश्वत बंधुप्रेमाने एकत्र येतील. शिवाय ज्यांचा भविष्यकाळ सध्या पोर्तुगालच्या हातात आहे. त्यांच्या स्वातंत्र्याची सुप्रभात...

When Panjim and Goa faced a lockdown in 1980s

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When Panjim and Goa faced a lockdown in 1980s It was a tradition among all of us reporters attached to the Press Room at Goa Secretariat in Panjim to assemble at around 9.30 am daily. Goa Secretariat was then located at the historic 16th century Adilshah Palace, the oldest structure in Panjim built on the banks of the Mandovi River. The press conferences or briefs by ministers or the senior officials at the Secretariat or press conferences at city hotels would commence at around 10 am and conclude by 12-30 pm, unless they were followed by lunch. Then we would break for lunch at home, followed by a mandatory brief siesta ( Siesta or दुपारची वामकुक्षी is not the sole monopoly of the पुणेकर alone !) and assemble back at the Secretariat press room at 4 pm. Keeping in with this schedule, that day I had boarded the Panjim bound bus near my residence in Taleigaon. As I was boarding the private city bus, the bus conductor threw the bombshell . ''सोगळे ध्यान द्या हांव कित...

Prevent social tension and bring back harmony and peace in Goa

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Prevent social tension and bring back harmony and peace in Goa Camil Parkhe 03.24 PM    goo.gl/Q6MeXs  Goa has a reputation of being a peaceful, tourist-friendly tiny territory. With the improvement in roads and transport facilities recently, Goa has turned out to be one of the most favourite tourist destination in India. Goa which has a legacy of over 400-year-old Portuguese regime, is also known for its peaceful co-existence of the Hindu and Catholics communities. Unfortunately, the recent incidents of desecration of holy cross in the Catholic-dominated south Goa have posed threats to the centuries-old social harmony. Goa has a reputation of being a peaceful, tourist-friendly tiny territory. With the improvement in roads and transport facilities recently, Goa has turned out to be one of the most favourite tourist destination in India. Goa which has a legacy of over...