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LETTER TO THE EDITOR FOR ISSUE DATED AUGUST 01, 2026

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NOTIFY GOA PUBLIC GAMBLING RULES ASAP!
THE news that the notification and implementation of the Goa Public Gambling Rules might have to be further postponed until the next government takes charge, just because of a technicality like the duration of Assembly session convened, is unpalatable.
While Goa is swamped with nail-biting news of electioneering, mudslinging and false prophets, the FATF — the watchdog with a mandate to lead global action against money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — has been relentlessly alerting its members that crypto-enabled illicit finance risks across the globe are becoming more complex. It should be noted here that proceeds of crime — from environmental crimes, drug trafficking, corruption, prostitution and human trafficking — can be transferred across the world in seconds, via VASPs.
The current FATF president, who is director for economic crime and sanctions in the UK’s HM Treasury, responsible for its AML/CFT policy and the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation said, “Effective implementation of the FATF standards can no longer be delayed.”
India is a member of the FATF, Goa is one of just two states with legalized casinos. Requesting the MPs, MLAs and the CM to do the needful ASAP, and ensure the assembly house session this August will have enough days to table the long pending issue. India reached the moon’s South Pole; surely Goem deserves international guardrails for casinos, as anything less than the best standards in Asia will trigger an uncontrolled slide from beloved narco-tourism hotspot, to blacklisted narco-terrorism hellhole.
— Chris Fernandes, Miramar

WHEN WILL THE SYSTEM RESIGN?
 A MINISTER’S minister’s resignation demonstrates a strong moral responsibility, can spark public debate, and can force political parties to address a flawed system. Key outcomes include accepting responsibility, attracting media attention, and pressuring leaders to make changes. But when will the entire system resign? The system must have responsible bureaucrats!
Why do ministers resign? They are becoming free. It shows the public that the leader refuses to support bad policies or actions. This is a moral stance. Public pressure is creating intense media attention on the flawed parts of government.
Opposition forces and other politicians to take notice of the problem and act on it. Just because one person leaves office, the faulty system as a whole should not remain the same. It is good that new ministers often take office, but the old rules must change.
The leader loses his official position, but who will fix things from within system? Resignation does not mean change. Make the NEET policy “right.” Clean it up. Only then, resignation will be justified and have genuine meaning!
— Rajesh Banaulikar, Arpora, Goa

NO OPPOSITION/MEDIA COULD DO WHAT THESE STUDENTS DID!
 THERE are moments in a nation’s history when its youngest citizens teach its most powerful leaders the biggest lessons. July 20 was one such moment. The youth of India taught their government something that no opposition leader, no political party, no television anchor, no celebrity, and no legacy media house could.
They taught the power of accountability. These young students refused to be ignored. They refused to be intimidated. They stood their ground with courage, conviction, and remarkable discipline. They kept asking questions until the government had no choice but to listen.
For years, many believed this government was too powerful to be questioned. That dissent could be silenced. That uncomfortable questions could simply be brushed aside.
These students proved otherwise.
They reminded India that democracy does not survive because governments are powerful. It survives because citizens refuse to surrender their voice.
What moves me most is not just what they achieved, but how they achieved it. They had no political machinery behind them. No media empire. No endless resources. They had only their belief that what they were fighting for was right.
That belief became courage. That courage became fearlessness. And that fearlessness compelled those in power to respond.
With the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stepping down and several of the students’ key demands being accepted, these young Indians have shown the country what determined, peaceful, and united citizens can achieve.
Today, I do not celebrate the fall of a minister.
I celebrate the rise of a generation that refused to believe that accountability was impossible.
Kudos to the youth of India.
You reminded all of us that when ordinary citizens stand together with courage and conviction, even the mightiest governments have to listen.
— Sujit Nair, Mumbai

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