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Pirates of the Arabian
The quiet of the sea is broken by an ear-piercing shriek as the ship’s wooden planks grate angrily and then splinter, an
Life after 36 steel pellets in the skull!
Some politicians are known to have thick skins. But there are others like Dilkush Dessai, treatment a twice-elected legisl
Ever dined near a ‘bikini-killer’?
When was the last time you dined within shouting distance of a ‘bikini-killer’? With a 44 year-old legacy, O’ Coquei
Persian beauty guards lives at Goa beach
Her green eyes sparkle under shapely brown eyebrows. Her arms are sunburnt but still unusually fair. She stretches her fee
Bugle of Indian independence blared first in Goa village?
The monsoon rains raged around the Catholic priests setting up their tent in Cuncolim, the rural heart of Hindu Goa. The

Requiem for brass bands
Brass bands hold a beloved place in the Goan heart – for Catholic funerals, order for village feasts, for carnivals of

Italian Mango and a Jerked Spice
This food review is partially dedicated to Robert Vadra, clinic Italy-born Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-la

Bliss in a biscuit
What do cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, nurse actor Naseeruddin Shah, ailment economist Lord Meghnad Desai and Turkish novel
Progressive music and a spot of Honey
If you haven’t heard of Honey Singh yet… hit the Goa music scene and you will now. Goa’s DJs and musicians
When mining trucks turn man-eaters
Mining trucks, discount which once roamed like muscled, untamed carnivores in Goa’s dusty mining-ravaged countryside,