I would like to clarify a couple of points with reference to what appeared in the Stray Thoughts of Aug. 7-13, 2010, issue.
No order of any sort has been passed to date against a night club called Butter Lounge, constructed in the No Development Zone, and which is owned and operated by MLA [...]
By Gary Azavedo
The self-confessed serial killer Mahanand Naik has been acquitted in three of the 17 cases of murder filed against him. He has been acquitted in three with the judges passing strictures against the police for shoddy investigations.
GOA’s first notorious serial killer Mahanand Naik was acquitted by the courts in three of the [...]
BY TARA NARAYAN
THIS CROCKERY here dates back to Portuguese times! Today it lies in cupboards purchased specially to safeguard the crockery – fine Chinese porcelain crockery once used for servicing patients may be at the Royal Hospital in Old Goa before it became the Hospital Escolar de Goa – that’s the embossing on the [...]
By Ashwini K
Contrary to the popular belief, going by suicide statistics, more men than women commit suicide in Goa. In a large number of cases, the police have not been able to ascertain the motive for taking this step. It is obvious that, with rare exceptions, the police do not take suicide cases and [...]
By Melba Mergulhão-Carvalho Antão
Goan girls make marriage their third priority after higher education and pursuit of a career. They prefer waiting for a really suitable boy which is becoming increasing difficult because suitable boys have taken wing to greener pastures outside Goa.
FINDING A suitable boy seems to have become more and more difficult for [...]
BY TARA NARAYAN
THE scent of corncobs being roasted over a slow slumbering coal fire choola some rain-filled evening can be so mouth-watering! It’s the season to discover and re-re-rediscover (if need be!) corncobs. Hot corncobs rubbed with bit salt, bit chilly powder and lemon juice are the aam aadmi’s original beachside treat in Mumbai-which-was-Bombay [...]
By Rajan Narayan
The focus of the struggle for independence by Indian National Congress was solely on freeing India from British colonial rule. None of those involved in the freedom movement ever gave any thought to the liberation of the French and the Portuguese colonies in India. Even after India secured independence on Aug 15, [...]
And a few stray thoughts and a few stray observations for yet another Sunday. For a Sunday following the week when we discovered that there is much less awareness in Goa of the freedom movement which culminated in the independence of India from British colonial rule than in other parts of the country. For [...]
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