NERVES OF STEEL: Socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia — fresh from his incarceration in a Lahore prison — addresses a public meeting in Margao At 94, Rafael Viegas still remembers June 18, 1946 — the afternoon that helped change Goa’s history. “I was there,” he says.Eighty years later, Viegas can still picture the scene in…
On June 18, 1946, Ram Manohar Lohia did something extraordinary in Goa. He didn’t merely challenge Portuguese colonial rule, he handed people their self-belief. Standing before a gathering of Goans who had long submitted to oppression, he called on them to overthrow their colonial masters. But more importantly, he sold a dream to the people…
The Portuguese were dictators, plain and simple. We had no civil liberties, no freedom of speech. When Ram Manohar Lohia was arrested in Margao on June 18, 1946, something changed. People rose in defiance. Satyagrahis took to the streets unarmed, and the Portuguese responded with bullets at Patradevi and elsewhere. People died for this soil….
Before June 18, 1946, the movement for Liberation existed only at an intellectual level. Ram Manohar Lohia brought it onto the streets, addressing the historic gathering at Margao. The demand was civil liberties—freedom fighters had concluded that without basic freedoms, people could not organise, and any direct demand before Salazar’s regime would be futile. Satyagraha…
BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT: The June 18, 1946 gathering in Goa was a defining moment in the fight for freedom On June 18, 1946, nearly a year before India’s Independence, Ram Manohar Lohia’s clarion call galvanised Goans, igniting Goa’s freedom movement that culminated 15 years later on Dec 19, 1961. As Goa marks 80 years…
Panaji: To offer domestic and international tourists a greater variety of experiences in Goa, the tourism department has outlined plans to offer over 60 tourism activities in the state without any financial burden on the state exchequer. From skydiving and seaplanes to feni trails and wildlife safaris, the department wants to ensure tourists have something…
Prasad Sawkar, acclaimed Marathi stage and music personality, dies on June 17Padmashree awardee, thespian and classical artist, Prasad Sawkar (97) passed away on Wednesday, marking the end of a long and distinguished career in performing arts. He was widely regarded for his contributions to natya sangeet and Marathi musical theatre, and was honoured with the…
Selaulim dam, with 28% storage, has sufficient water available to meet most of South Goa’s requirement, said the WRD chief engineer Panaji: Due to a deficit in rainfall, water levels at the Anjunem dam in Sattari have dropped to 10% of capacity. However, on Tuesday, WRD chief engineer Dnyaneshwar Salelkar told TOI that the water…
Panaji: Traffic congestion has become a regular feature in Porvorim since diversions were introduced two years ago for the construction of the six-lane highway corridor. As residents grapple with the situation, another diversion is set to come into effect, with the service road currently functioning as the main carriageway towards Panaji likely to be closed…
Mapusa: Early morning burglaries in Cunchelim, Mapusa, caused panic after thieves broke into two business establishments on Tuesday and stole Rs 65,000 in total.Mapusa police suspect that the same person or a gang may be involved in both the cases because the break-ins were done in a similar way.According to police, the first incident took…
