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Dutch international Nigel de Jong and his connection with Qatar and playing amateur golf in Doha Doha Golf Club Do it with

  Dutch international Nigel de Jong and his connection with Qatar and playing amateur golf in Doha Doha Golf Club Do it with passion or don't do it all. #Dedication , twitted former Dutch international Nigel de Jong @NDJ_Official some five years back. A lot has changed over the years for him on the football pitch. During this period he changed several clubs moving from Italian giants AC Milan to USA-based LA Galaxy followed by Turkey’s Galatasaray and later on Germany’s Mainz 05 and to finally land up in Qatar with Al Ahli. Currently, he is with another Qatari club Al Shahania and continues to be dedicated to his first love football but now is dividing time on the golf course to polish his skills with an aim to take it to another level. Currently, he is with another Qatari club Al Shahania and continues to be dedicated to his first love football but now is dividing time on the golf course to polish his golf playing skills and take it to another level. Nigel tested his skills last w

The changing face of Goa

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   Sobit Amchem Goem is a song sung by Bhupinder Singh, the lyrics for which were provided by the great Goan poet Manoharrai Sardesai. It goes like this: “Sobit amchem Goem, Sundor amchem Goem, Madd-maddianchem, Nohiam-dorianchem, Duda zhorianchem,Torne xoktichem, Meklleponnachem, Munisponnachem, Soponn bhangrachem, Soponn bhangrachem Goem.” Goa is changing and the changes are taking place at a fast rate.  A number of factors are responsible for the changes. A lot of Goan youth, fed up with the lack of job opportunities which match their educational qualifications are migrating. We call them skilled workers. Where are they moving in search of employment? They are moving outside the state in search of employment, in bigger cities like Bangalore and Mumbai, to name a few which have jobs matching their educational qualifications. A few lucky ones move outside the country. Then there are the semi-skilled, who have been training in institutes or studied in educational institutions, yet, the