How to be Vera
JOHN DOYLE PASADENA, CALIF.
The Globe and Mail (Alberta Edition)
28 Jan 2012

â€�I live in Hollywood,” Vera Santamaria tells me. “My family are all, â€�Oooh, Hollywood!’ But, actually, it’s like living on Yonge Street.” It’s a warm January afternoon. We are sitting on the patio of Lucky Baldwin’s, a bar in Pasadena featured on Big…read more…

â€�I’ve got a pilot’s licence – I find it very relaxing’

The Independent – Traveller
28 Jan 2012

James Martin is a television presenter and restaurateur First holiday memory? Blackpool. I’m a northern lad. We used to drive across the Pennines to Lancashire and then drop down into Blackpool. I remember eating candy floss and rock, riding a donkey…read more…

Calgary Herald
27 Jan 2012

Svenska död i Goa
DN
Dagens Nyheter
27 Jan 2012

Den svenska kvinnan föll ihop efter att ha druckit ett halvt glas öl på en bar i Vagator i indiska Goa natten till torsdagen. Kvinnan fördes till ett sjukhus i närheten men var död vid ankomsten. Kvinnan var hemmahörande i Gävleborgs län.read more…

Mother of three leads India push of Morgan Stanley
Reeba Zachariah & Boby Kurian
The Times of India (Mumbai edition)
24 Jan 2012

Mumbai: Morgan Stanley MD Aisha de Sequeira, a 41-yearold mother of three, including twins, is the new power woman in the high-stakes world of investment banking. She spearheaded the Wall Street firm to top slot in India’s $38 billion M&A market, with…read more…

Campaign against Goa illegal mining

Oman Daily Observer
23 Jan 2012

PANAJI — The Goan diaspora worldwide is spearheading a campaign to urge the state and central authorities to rein in illegal and indiscriminate mining in Goa, timing it just ahead of assembly polls. Groups of ethnic Goans spread across Europe,…read more…

Look past the sun & surf — Goa has become Paradise lost

The Sunday Guardian
22 Jan 2012

Paradises, by their very construct, are apolitical. All is fine as long as you are happy and living in cuckoo land; eat the apple and Milton has material to write Paradise Lost. In more recent times, think of the Bali bombings and how quickly our media…read more…

Look past the sun & surf — Goa has become Paradise lost

The Sunday Guardian
22 Jan 2012

Paradises, by their very construct, are apolitical. All is fine as long as you are happy and living in cuckoo land; eat the apple and Milton has material to write Paradise Lost. In more recent times, think of the Bali bombings and how quickly our media…read more…

India Today
23 Jan 2012

BENEFIT OF CLOUT
By Sandeep Bamzai
India Today
23 Jan 2012

On April 23, 2007, Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Resources bought 51 per cent stake in Sesa Goa, India’s top producer and exporter of iron ore, for $981 million or Rs 4,070 crore. Before its purchase and subsequently, there were some curious…read more…