[Goanet] Salaam Sahab!

2009-02-16 Thread edward desilva
When I was at a Gurgaon hotel in 2006 on an extendedstay, the manner of the doorman was so utterly degradingthat I once pulled him aside and offloaded my spiel aboutthe white British sahabs having left the country over 50 years ago. He responded by saying that I was "100% correct, Sir."But what t

[Goanet] Salaam Sahab!

2009-02-15 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - The willingness to prostrate - or force someone to - before another is characteristic of Indians. This morning after a photo shoot at Institute Menezes Braganza, I sauntered across for a breakfast at Hotel Mandovi when, out of nowhere, a couple of guys sprang up. One offered a serv