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Dr Juliao Menezes: Most forgettable Hero of Goa liberation Movement . There is a road in Punjim Goa named as 18th June Road. Since many are not aware the exact historical events of this place and such name is raising the question in the minds of many domestic as well as foreign tourists.  The main historical event was the Goa liberation movement which was started on this day in the year 1946. The Goa liberation movement was nothing but sought to end the Colonial Rule of Portugal in Goa. This movement started on the small scale revolts which was characterized by a range of tactics. This movement used the method of non violence like civil disobediences and diplomatic efforts. At last, on 19th December 1961, Indian army invaded Goa and incorporated Goa into Indian union. There were two main heroes who started Goa freedom movement, one Socialist leader Dr. Rammanohar Lohia and another was, son of Goa, Dr Juliao Menezes. *From: Yogesh Gogwekar.* Portugal r...

On Cricket : A good book to read Watching the game of Cricket is always a pleasure for cricket lovers like me and also enjoyable to read the literature of this beautiful game. There are so many writers have written literature on Cricket and they are claimants to be the best writers on cricket. Cricket writers like Neville Curdus, C L R James, Gideon Haigh, Allan Rose, John Arlott, David Foot, Ramchandra Guha, Stephen Chalke, Sujit Mukherjee, Rahul Bhattacharya, Boria Majumdar and Mike Brearley. After reading the their writings, one can easily conclude that a cricket writer is one who studies the game and then present it in a such way which makes readers to understand game so that they can enjoy the game at the time of watching.  This feeling you will get when you are reading the book written by Mike Brearley and book name is On Cricket . Prior to this book, Brearley has written two books on cricket, namely,”The Art of Captaincy and On Form”.  The book On Cricket is ha...