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...Zeebob's is the kind of place where you're not surprised if the waiter sits down at your table. Raymond, a tall, impressively hirsute young guy, brought out the drinks, and waited a full 10 seconds before inviting himself to join me. He wanted to teach me some Goan dialect. "You must know susegado," he said. "Maybe it's the reason you came to Goa." Susegado sounds like a Portuguese word but it isn't in the dictionary. Seeing Raymond's easygoing smile, I was able to guess the meaning: chilled out. After another round, Raymond promised to take...
...romance or a sedate getaway, the best choice is probably the Taj Exotica, tel: (91-832) 277 1234. This hotel is charmingly designed in authentic Goan style and efficiently serviced, with the rooms offering plenty of privacy and comfort. It's also perched at the edge of the sea, with a wide range of sports activities, and in ambiance bears more resemblance to a posh country club than a hotel...
...California-based team of mostly Americans, who Nissan thought could best understand the U.S. truck crowd's preferences. About 85% of the Titan's components come from U.S. suppliers. And it will be built in the pickup-loving South, which Nissan hopes will add credibility. Says Ghosn (pronounced Goan): "The market is sensitive to the fact that this product is assembled...
...Despite the legendary psychedelic flavor of those full moon parties and the epochal madness of three-day Goan raves, few globally renowned DJs emerged from the scene as so many did from other party spots like Ibiza or St. Tropez. Koh Phangan never produced a Sasha or Tall Paul, a deck maestro who made his name under the full moons before jetting off to earn $20,000 a night spinning at Cream or Ministry of Sound. Instead, the Asian raves coughed up Tsuyoshi, who first brought Shiva to the Tokyo dance floor a decade ago during his DJ residence...
...fine new novel Family Matters (Faber and Faber; 487 pages) is Nariman Vakeel, a 79-year-old Parsi widower besieged equally by Parkinson's disease and his middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy and Jal. Nariman is also haunted by memories of the real love of his life, a Catholic Goan whom he did not marry in deference to the "marriage arrangers, the wilful manufacturers of misery," a failure of courage that resulted in scandal and tragedy. His joyless family resides in a spacious apartment in Bombay's Chateau Felicity...