Sunday, May 23, 2010

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Charm of Goa keeps calling me

Posted: 23 May 2010 08:21 AM PDT

As a traveller I am completely adventurous. Rather than sitting and enjoying at leisure, I always go out to explore the sights around me. So, whenever I am deciding a destination for a holiday, I choose a country that I have never been to earlier, as I always like to see new sights and places.

And even more so, it's meeting new people, discovering the history of that place and tasting different types of food that really excite me. Even if I am visiting a destination for work, I try and keep a few days aside to absorb the novel experience of the place.

That is one reason why I have no favourites when it comes to a holiday destination, since each place has its unique sights, culture, food and history, which is completely different from anywhere else.

I always carry a camera and document each holiday in photographs, as I love clicking the places I go to. So, each of my travel experiences always stay with me in the form of beautiful memories forever.
However, if I had to choose a place that I could visit again and some more, then it would have to be Kerala and Goa. They have a certain charm that keeps calling me back. Plus, there is always something new to see there.

Courtesy:DC

It was a casual remark of Goa CM

Posted: 23 May 2010 06:43 AM PDT

A women organisation has expressed shock over the Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat’s statement asking fairer sex to stay away from politics and not fall for the proposed quota for them in Parliament and state Assemblies.

“I did not expect this statement from the head of this state (Goa), especially because he is representing a political party (Congress) which is headed by a woman, who is trying to push this bill,” Sabina Martins, President Bailancho Saad, told PTI today.

Kamat had told a women’s convention here yesterday that “If womenfolk start running after politics then it will have a negative impact on the society.

“Don’t fall for 33 per cent reservation. Politics makes you mad. Women play an important role in transforming the society. We should look after our next generation,” he had said.

Martins said she was present among the audience when Kamat made the controversial statement. “One of the obstacles in the bill is the mindset of men because it decreases their power.”

She said it was because of many elected representatives that the Women Reservation Bill was stuck.

“Politics is most important decision making body. Right now, there is no proper representation of women in Goa Assembly. There is one woman legislator against 39 male legislators,” she said.

Congress women leaders, however, stood by their leader, terming it a ‘casual’ remark.

“We were taken aback with his remarks, but later we realised that he said it casually,” president of Mapusa Congress Block Pramod Salgaonkar said.

Salgaonkar, a former president of state women’s commission, said it was off the cuff remark. “He just meant that women should work hard and their involvement will help the society transform.

Courtesy:IT

Nakabandis staged across Goa

Posted: 22 May 2010 07:48 PM PDT

In a bid to check the preparedness of its force, Goa police on Saturday staged widespread nakabandis and checking of vehicles all over the state.

Police sources said that the nakabandis were organized in an effort to test police alertness. All the entry and exit points of major cities and tourist spots were sealed and extensive vehicular checking was done.

Since Goa continues to feature on the hit list of terror organizations, this security drill was undertaken, said police sources.

“We checked the vehicles as part of a state of preparedness,” sources said. Unaware of the exercise, motorists were taken aback, but the police reassured them that everything was alright and the checks were part of a mock drill.

Courtesy:TOI
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