Goa, Dec. 9 -- The inferno that tore through Birch by Romeo Lane, killing 25 people, has forced Goa to confront an uncomfortable truth: This was not simply a tragedy caused by one irresponsible establishment. It was the culmination of a deeper collapse in governance, oversight, and the very foundations on which the state's tourism economy now rests. A nightclub without a fire NOC, without basic safety systems, operating in a wooden structure under a demolition order, should never have been able to welcome a single guest. That it functioned openly, profitably, and with impunity until the night it turned into a death trap shows how dangerously hollow our regulatory framework has become. In the aftermath, the Chief Minister announced a state...