It has been over sixty years since India reclaimed Goa from Portuguese rule, yet the story of what truly happened behind the ...

As Lorraine Alberto begins her Portuguese class at Goa University, students from the former colony are in short supply. Across Goa, a tiny coastal state once administered by Lisbon, there is little ...

When December arrives in Goa, the air turns festive long before Christmas Day. The streets shimmer with lanterns, cribs appear in every neighborhood, and the sound of carols fills the tropical nights.

LOUTOLIM, India — Age sits lightly on the sprawling, four-centuries-old Figueiredo Mansion. The home is a lived-in repository of memories tracing to the days when the west-coast Indian state of Goa ...

Goa was liberated from Portuguese rule in 1961 after India launched Operation Vijay. The Soviet Union’s UN veto blocked ...

In recent years, the building, built in 1800s, has evolved into a significant cultural landmark, establishing itself as one ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Angelina Villa-Clarke is a London-based travel journalist. Outside, the sky is heavy with ominous-looking clouds – it’s the end of ...

As students begin departing for their winter holiday break, R. Benedito Ferrão will spend his new year in Goa, employing the power of art and remembrance to actualize a modified understanding of the ...

Discover the secrets behind Goan cuisine! Learn how 450 years of Portuguese rule and fresh Arabian Sea seafood created a unique, vibrant, and spicy food fusion found nowhere else in India.

The Goa government has approved the construction of a ‘Koti-Thirtha corridor’ (ritualistic pilgrimage site) and a new temple on the ruins of the Saptakoteshwar temple at Divar, an island village on ...

Goa is known as India’s beach escape and as a partying hot spot, fueled in part by its minuscule alcohol excise taxes in comparison to the rest of the country, in addition to legal gambling at casino ...