----------------------------------------------------------------- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book, The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on 20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com/
----------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Minister Digambar Kamat’s superficial, publicity craving move of travelling Economy class does not make him an exemplary leader of the State. After clinging on to his chair, he should know better than anybody else that he is presiding over a most discordant cabinet with most Ministers not seeing eye to eye. He knows how rowdy his cabinet meetings are with virtual bull fights amongst his Ministers. Digambar Kamat knows very well that he does not command the respect or have any authority over his Ministers. He has allowed them to plunder Goa as long as they allow him to keep his chair. Digambar Kamat would have been remembered as an exemplary leader if he had hung up his boots rather than allow Goa’s further decay. Leave alone travelling by Economy class, Digambar Kamat and his Ministers should curtail all traveling especially the overseas jaunts. Most of the time they are out of Goa. All would agree that Digambar Kamat will go down in Goa’s history as the most ineffective and spineless Chief Minister. That his assets have swelled after he became the Chief Minister of Goa is a different issue. Loot and let’s loot is the theme of the current motley dispensation that is not ruling but ruining Goa. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
