Monthly Archives: August 2016

Walking the tight rope

Walking the tight rope : a report released on 30th August 2016 in Panjim, is on the plight of children who are victims in the tourism industry.

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Big tourist buses banned from Calangute interiors

Having witnessed massive traffic jams during the past few weekends, mainly due to the influx of tourists, the Calangute panchayat and Calangute traffic cell have one again begun banning the entry of big tourist buses into the interiors of Calangute. … Continue reading →

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Legalizing prostitution will protect sex workers’

Social worker Tara Kerkar‘s NGO ‘Savera’ on Monday came out in support of any proposal to regularize prostitution, saying that while those engaged in commercial sex services receive steady financial gains, they continue to remain vulnerable otherwise to exploitation and … Continue reading →

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Tourism Dept. invites suggestions on Master plan

This top down approach of the government is absolutely wrong. Another eye wash so that it can be propagated as a peoples tourism master plan. The peoples inputs on the type of tourism we want should have been basis of … Continue reading →

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Raising a stink

The state of our beaches

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Sharma wants tourists to avoid wearing skirts

Statements such as these be from Dhavlikar or Sharma, go to show the mindset of these men …. “our so called leaders” . Next they will tell us what to eat …..oops! they already are!!!

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