Monthly Archives: July 2015

Tourism minister’s yet another lie

The issue here is not land acquisition . it is mindless land grab and displacement of local people. One dreads to think what will happen when the BJP passes its land acquisition Act in Parliament. Tourism policy must deal with … Continue reading →

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Government blows up tax payers money on tourism junkets

Only a few days ago the tourism minister complained that there was a slow down in tourism because of the NGT and NGo’s . If, instead of travelling the world and visiting places that are exotic options, the tourism minister … Continue reading →

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Tourism by displacement – The Tiracol way!

Very recently, the Chairperson of Goa Toursim Development Corporation declared that those who opposed big projects in Goa must be deemed as anti-development. He was obviously referring to the opposition to the proposed monstrosity that Leading Hotels was installing in … Continue reading →

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200 Sing against Tiracol project

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Nilesh Cabral empty and superficial

Nilesh Cabrals notion of development is corporate centric when corporate step in, more then often, corruption also steps in. Development projects done necessarily need to be big. What is development that displaces people and destroys environment? Nilesh Cabral should do … Continue reading →

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Rent-a-cab will doom taxi business

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