The family lives in the safety of Mali's urban area with the children going to French schools but the country saw violence in the post coup days before the elections. Moses Coutinho recollects how he had told Yeah that "you better take care of my daughter" and Yeah had assured him that she was "in safe hands".
Nostalgia for the Goa of her childhood and years away from her homeland spurred Maria Conceicao Pereira, an Administrative Assistant in a law firm in Bahrain, to pen a few lines about the days of yore. For the almost child-like quality of the poems, the collections highlight the disappearing occupations and traditions of Goa, much like most of India, as the old gives way to the new.
Public institutions, too, came under legislation in 1997 specifically to reduce the release of soiled water into rivers or fields from public sewage systems. The immediate consequence was a drive to build sewage purification plants. Today, citizens enjoy sweet water fish or a swim in clean rivers but curse their bills for waste water treatment which have become higher than the fees for fresh water supply.
The cries of "when will government do something" will not lead anywhere as long as the overall attitude is not changed. Waste management has to be seen as the polluters' responsibility and each household, hotel, industry, etc producing waste must participate in its organized removal. Otherwise, there will not be a comprehensive solution for untreated waste along the roads and beaches in Goa.
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