Goa, Dec. 18 -- PETER FERNANDES

Once a Rome of the East, a holiday destination of the dreamers, and a pride of the nation, Goa has taken an ominous turn in the recent past and has become a nightmare for the locals and for the visitors. Who is responsible? The nightclub inferno in Arpora, North Goa, has opened a deep-seated malady orchestrated by our elected leaders. This orchestra is played with perfect coordination from the grassroots to the top of the power pyramid, which true patriots behold with disdain. It is not only Goa, but the whole nation wants to know what went wrong in the Arpora inferno. The Congress party was replaced from dominating Goan politics on the slogan "zero tolerance" for corruption. Late Manohar Parrikar, the for...