Re: [Goanet] Trial by media? No problem for Goa

2013-12-16 Thread Eugene Correia
Vivek should have mentioned the columnist. The author of the piece, Sobha De, has long ceased to be a gossip columnist. Those were the days when she edited Stardust. Today, to use the tagline for VM at the bottom, she's a well published author. Maye what she writes in her novels is not liked by

Re: [Goanet] Trial by media? No problem for Goa

2013-12-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 16 December 2013 05:35, Eugene Correia wrote: 'Goa is not a LAND that once was' == Three possible points in response 1: According to Lambert Mascarenhas, The Land once was 'Sorrowing'. It must be be NON-Sorrowing now. 2: Or is it mainly SORRO-ing 3: All that, of course, assuming that there

[Goanet] Trial by media? No problem for Goa (VM, ToI)

2013-12-15 Thread Goanet Reader
Trial by media? No problem for Goa Vivek Menezes | Dec 15, 2013, 12.44 AM IST The proof of the bebinca, one might say, is in the eating. When it comes to Goa's reputation, we see that a storm of gleefully sensationalist media coverage around India and abroad has not prevented another

Re: [Goanet] Trial by media? No problem for Goa (VM, ToI)

2013-12-15 Thread J. Colaco jc
On Dec 15, 2013, Goanet Reader posted the following from VM: Just this week, an endlessly shameless gossip columnist titled a typical throw-away column, 'We know what you did in Goa', that claimed, Throw in feni, the sun, the sea, and boom! Men's libidos explode. COMMENT: 1: Finally, a word