France may have won with its multicultural team, but Croatia captured the dog’s heart. We were in a mess, the two of us. I had served the dog a largish “double”—what in the northern climes is duly referred to as the “Patiala Peg”—which he was busy lapping up as it mixed into his bowl of […]

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Monsieur Bernard Koko makes a comeback for World Cup 2018 and Hartman is sure of a new World Cup winner You would have thought that being a senile Goan gentleman, overly fond of his feni and indigenous sausage, I would catch the inauguration and the first match of the World Cup 2018 coming as he […]

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The Indian team was indecisive and as unimaginative as you can get if you hire an English coach still brainwashed by England’s exploits in 1966 Just before the evening of June 14, 2018, the day the World Cup began, I found myself stuck in Goa, in the foothills of the Western Ghats, living in a […]

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The Indian team was indecisive and as unimaginative as you can get if you hire an English coach still brainwashed by England’s exploits in 1966 Just before the evening of June 14, 2018, the day the World Cup began, I found myself stuck in Goa, in the foothills of the Western Ghats, living in a […]

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THE SUPREME COURT HAS CANCELLED LEASES OF 88 GOA MINES, BUT WHAT’S LEFT OF THE LAND THE BIG CAT CALLS HOME? Optimists will tell you that you must be open to ‘negotiation’ when it comes to protecting the environment. Don’t see things in black and white, that’s passé. You need to be more ‘nuanced’, learn […]

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