After a restful and dreamy night, Ramu the dreamer was reading his favourite 123-year-old paper, and then after sipping tea, he casually scrolled through some other local news and came across some headlines.
“We are with the people on Mhadei and are confident of solving the issue”, read one. Another read “Compensation to all the land losers of Mopa has been paid except for a few who have title issues”.
Each day he would read similar stories, not in his own 123-year-old wise paper but elsewhere, of other claims and promises like compensation to flood victims of last year has been disbursed, or for that matter “App-based taxis will be available when flights touch down at Mopa” or statements like “It is my assurance that Dabolim airport will never be shut down”.
This is from a Goa minister who has no jurisdiction or authority over the Union Civil aviation Ministry or any of the private airlines.
Wondering why many of these stories are not reported in his 123-year-old veteran daily, Ramu decided to go to the wise one and broach this issue.
Ramu got up, had a shower and picked up his umbrella, and strolled toward Chintamani’s house. There was a line outside of fans, followers, and opinion seekers who valued Chintamani’s wisdom and sagacity - at least in his village, where his word was final.
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