Aaam Aadmi Late Shri Manohar Parrikar
How Manohar Parrikar Walked the Talk with His Simplicity and Dedication Dr Anupam Saraph 18 March 2019 2 It was sometime in 2001. At a gathering hosted by Gomantak, the leading newspaper in Goa, I was explaining to someone the 100 year scenarios of urbanisation of Goa. These scenarios were the result of the Goa 2101 model that I had built. I had no idea someone was eavesdropping on the conversation, perhaps because of my passionate expression, or else because it was just more than a bit crazy to talk about 100 years in future when no one talked of even 100 days. Least of all did I know, that that someone was the then chief minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar. Later I learnt that Manoharbhai had discovered that I was the same person who had conducted a study and had refused to modify the findings to support an infrastructure project for multi-level parking at Junta house in Panjim being proposed by Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) an...