DESPITE ALL OF THAT…
Recovering from Illness seems to get harder as I get older. It’s frustrating to remember how quickly I bounced back as a younger person, But I suppose that as time does nothing but march forward, I’ll just be grateful I can recover at all. I traveled within Ireland for 9 days. I’ll write more about that later, as…
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FASHION DESIGNERS SHOULD MAKE INDIA, A FASHIONABLE COUNTRY: SEEMA MEHTA
On the occasion of upcoming Rubaru Mr India Contest that is happening in Goa, I would like to share these views of mine. I feel that the biggest achievement of any designer will be to see that his product is wore by the commonest person on the street. Creating the designs which fit only for the…
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PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO GOA POSTPONED
Panaji (Goa): President Ram Nath Kovind, who was supposed to preside the Goa University’s (GU) annual convocation this Saturday has postponed his visit. The government has issued a press statement informing about the development, “Due to important engagements the visit of the President of India to Goa from February 24 to 26, 2018 stands postponed,” it states. Kovind recently accepted the invitation…
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GOA: SPEAKER PRAMOD SAWANT MEETS GOVERNOR, BRIEFS HER ON THE DEVELOPMENTS
Panaji (Goa) On the eve of the legislative assembly session, Legislative Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant today met Governor Mridula Sinha over the current situation. “The budget session of state legislative assembly will begin from tomorrow. Chief minister manohar parrikar would not be able to remain present for the first day of the session,” Sawant said.
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Popular cinema popularizing history
NiveditaAntyakula In the present day scenario, cinema, a very popular means of audio-visual media, has become increasingly significant in popularizing Indian history and culture. Thanks to cinema, history which is connoted as boringbecomes enticing!These historical, period films with their grandeur, opulence, larger than life portrayal of characters, and mega costumes transport us back in time to those particular eras. Significantly,…
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Inconvenience
I’m traveling today, even though I shouldn’t be. As I sit here on a packed commuter train, listening to the cacophony of snorts, wheezing and snuffling, I can only imagine the vast parade of pathogens that are now making their way into my breathing space. I wince, and search for an escape route as we fly through the city. A…
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THE GIFT OF A VOICE
It’s not every day that a publisher approaches me with the opportunity to do something like this, so after much waffling, fretting, nail-biting and wrestling with “fear of judgment”, I’ve bitten the bullet, sat down at my laptop and decided to say hello. I’m Cassie. I was born and raised in the heart America, but now I live in a…
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IS VIOLENCE THE ONLY SOLUTION?
Violence, especially mob violence, in the name of protecting culture has become the norm of today. Even in the recent past, for example, India stood witness to many such instances like the attack on ‘Padmaavat’ movie by the fringe elements. The historical figure queen Padmavati may have existed or may not have (she might just have been a mythological…
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GOA: GOA FIRE FORCE HOLDS SPECIAL TRAINING FOR ANDHRA PRADESH OFFICIALS
Panaji (Goa): After training hundreds of fire personnel in Disaster Response Training in Urban Search, Rescue and Medical First Aid Responders Skills, the Goa Fire & Emergency Services conducted rigorous training of as many as 30 fire personnel of state disaster response and fire service of Andhra Pradesh. Eight station fire officers, one leading fireman…
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GOA: PARRIKAR SCRAPPED HIS OWN DREAM PROJECT, GTDC NOW LOOKS FOR REGULAR PROCESS TO EXECUTE ROPEWAY
Panaji (Goa): Failed by the Investment Promotion Board, GTDC now has to resort to regular process to execute its ambitious ropeway project linking Panaji to Reis Magos. “We had moved the proposal before IPB to get the project of ropeway executed faster. But now since they have refused it, we will have to go through regular process to get it…
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