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Goa beyond beachrot—inland hotels are the next vacation frontier

Every Postcard hotel in Goa is located inland, including one in the village of Saligao, another that’s spread across 20 acres in the wildlife sanctuary of Netravali, and an ayurveda retreat in Old Goa.

Every Indian thinks their mango is the best. Goa is making a case too—through exhibits, tastings

Mirza Ghalib famously asked only two things of a mango: that it be sweet, and that there be plenty of it. Both conditions were met at a heritage tasting at the Museum of Christian Art in Old Goa.

Mario Miranda belongs in India’s art galleries, not just Goa. He was more than a cartoonist

Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts is hosting Growing Up in Mário’s World—a month-long exhibition of a hundred original works from a private collection.

People of Goa continue to defy polarisation tactics. But it no longer feels easy

In a state Assembly where victory margins are often razor thin, no party can form a government without significant minority support.

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.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.