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Wasted Efforts on Waste Management  Insufficient infrastructure, weak planning and information systems, and an altogether unorganized and flawed waste management system has become a burgeoning problem for the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) to ensure effective and sustainable management of waste, especially in the event of the tension prevailing at the Sonsoddo landfill. Pushed to the wall by Fomento Green -- the concessionaire of the solid waste management plant, the MMC has once again raised its pitch on segregation at source, putting the onus on the citizens, before making any changes at the institutional level, even as experts opine that segregation at source cannot be achieved without a working waste management policy in place, and unless authorities engage with citizens seeking community participation . Pressing the need for an organised campaign with the active involvement of ward councillors and civic body officials, Clinton Vaz , an expert in waste managemen...

Media Insititutions Should Be  Gender Sensitive The widely publicised photograph of the newly elected committee of the Goa Union of Journalists (GUJ), after elections to the body held last week -- sparked a debate; rather outrage, at least in one group comprising of influential women in Goa. There was not a single woman in the frame; therefore the outrage. To my mind the picture was appalling, and criminal as well -- the union, as projected in the photograph resembled a Boy's Club. GUJ acclaims itself to be the only voice for journalists and journalism in Goa. That it represents a broad range of media professionals, including women. In the spirit of a union, it also claims to serve as a platform to encourage its working women and freelance journalist members to speak up against injustice and call for action on gender equality and equity in media.  Even a rank outsider would consider the union, as a media institution, to actively campaign for changes, especially...

"A Science teacher needs to work hard" - Rajashree B Karapurkar So how can you take the stress you thought was killing you and make it constructive? Ask Rajashree Bandodkar Karapurkar -- recipient of the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019, constituted by Sahitya Akademi , India's national academy of letters. "In the year 2012, my book Taaryachya Vanat Swapnanchi Sahal  was released. Post this, I underwent a lot of stress at my workplace. To keep away from stressful thoughts, I got back to my writing and this book was born," she recalls.  "The book was published in the year 2015 after a gap of three years," she recalls while explaining the journey of the award winning Konkani book, Chitkulya Chinkichye Vishaal Vishwa -- a colourful illustrative book written for children.  Rajashree narrates the contents of her book -- "Little Chinki , a baby ant is curious about the secrets of the environment. During her journey of life, her prote...