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| Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho |
| POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James |
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On two occasions I had a chance to interact with Chief Secretary Kiran
Dhingra. On both these occasions I found that she has an erect spine and
that she is right lady in right place. She was in Goa in 1980 as Excise
Commissioner for the union territory of Goa, Daman & Div. Right during that
time excise department seized a huge stock of illegal liquor worth over 2
crores of rupees belonging to politician cum businessman. And since she was
not ready to release the seized liquor and drop the charges she was shunted
to Daman. It was only during president's rule in 2005 a dazzling lady
appeared back in Goa after 25 years as Chief Secretary of Goa. Right from
the day one she took over as Chief Secretary she started controlling public
exchequer, loot and plundering by ministers and politicians, and
streamlining the administration prevailing in Goa. With her going back to
Delhi Goa lost a pearl in Kiran Dhingra and Goans are left as spectators to
keep watching aging hero in CM!
