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Topic: Goa Life

Can an outsider ever truly belong in Goa? New book grapples with this question

Is everyone 'doing Goa' wrong? Each wave of migrants has a different answer

Delhi, Mumbai houses have reached Goa. They are grand, loud, and not Portuguese

Every once in a while, the quiet luxury restraint favoured by the ‘outsider’ owners of modern Goan homes is punctuated by grand maximalism — high walls to infinity pool.

Goa residents are anxious about Dabolim airport shutdown talk. It’s a lifeline

Mopa serves Maharashtra more than Goa. 'Mopa is an economic engine, but 75% of the tourists who land there go to Sindhudurg,' South Goa MP Captain Viriato Fernandes said

Men from Haryana, UP, TN, Karnataka harass foreign women in Goa. And Goa gets a bad name

Maybe the only way to truly police Indian men’s behaviour is to have their mothers accompany them on every trip. Should they want to approach a stranger, they must ask mummy first.

Goa’s Moira now houses a Rs 105 crore villa. New settlers are still trying to fit in

For settlers who arrived before the latest wave, watching the transformation unfold has been disorienting. 'Suddenly, Goa is a rich person’s place.'

Goa’s new favourite bar isn’t chasing tourists. It’s fiercely local

A little over a year into operation, after opening in early 2024, Grumps has become one of Goa’s most coveted dining destinations.

Birch by Romeo Lane is a prime example of how Delhi’s audacity survives in Goa

The more we get to know about Birch, the more it becomes clear that it was operating in the gaps between jurisdictions.

Goans are turning their anger toward migrants now

The real acrimony in Goa is against tourists and wealthy land buyers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Yet, the fury gets channelled downward against the poorest workers from the cowbelt.

Goa’s digital nomads get a reality check—working from paradise needs more than just good vibes

Remote workers who arrived in Goa after 2020 are now leaving their sunshine dreams behind. They are questioning whether the infrastructure ever existed to sustain them in the first place.

Should Goa share Mhadei waters? A living river can’t be divided like property

Asking Goa to give up 4% of a river’s flow to help parched districts seems reasonable, moral. But it masks a deeper ethical problem: who bears the burden of the ‘greater common good’?

On Camera

Writings on the wall: Bengal’s epitaph for Left is, I let doctrine become dogma, ideology obstacle

In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.