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By Rajeshree Nagarsekar Time to act responsibly... Even as concerned citizens of the State were bracing for more restrictions, the announcement of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, of opening grocery, milk and vegetable shops in Goa from Friday, with a further warning that nobody should blame the government if COVID19 spreads among the population -- has rattled many, with even leading medical practitioners taking to social media, urging the CM to rollback the order. Photos and videos of the scene on the ground on Friday, emerging on social media, show a clear contradiction of social distancing guidelines issued by the central government for the entire country in the 21 day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Modi a couple of days ago. Considered to be the most severe step taken anywhere in the war against the Corona Virus, PM Modi announced that no one could leave home for 21 days, thus ordering 1.3 billion people of the country to stay inside their homes for three weeks. He fur

Over 100 women from various fields ---journalists, writers, authors, teachers, lecturers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, home-makers,  researchers, farmers, social activists, policy experts, entrepreneurs, etc; penned a letter to the Chief Minisiter of Goa to express their anguish over the brutal rape and attempt to murder of a minor girl in the state, and called upon him to take action towards curbing such offences in the future.      Open letter to the Chief Minister Respected Dr. Pramod Sawant , We feel heavy hearted as we write to you today -- for having failed as a society to save our daughter from the dastardly sexual violence committed on her by a fellow Goan. The brutal rape and attempt to murder of our 13-year-old daughter has jolted our collective conscience. We fail to understand the mindset and the environment that creates individuals who become impulse governed monsters -- like the 23-year-old accused in this case. The unspeakable horror of the i