The quiet of the sea is broken by an ear-piercing shriek as the ship’s wooden planks grate angrily and then splinter, and crash against rock. A hurried rush of feet…

Some politicians are known to have thick skins. But there are others like Dilkush Dessai, treatment a twice-elected legislator, who also have skulls as tough as titanium. When Dilkush was shot…

When was the last time you dined within shouting distance of a ‘bikini-killer’? With a 44 year-old legacy, O’ Coqueiro on the NH-17, doesn’t really need Charles Sobhraj to sell…

Her green eyes sparkle under shapely brown eyebrows. Her arms are sunburnt but still unusually fair. She stretches her feet and studies the play of turquoise-blue waves that splash and…

The monsoon rains raged around the Catholic priests setting up their tent in Cuncolim, the rural heart of Hindu Goa. They had little reason to suspect what was about to…

Brass bands hold a beloved place in the Goan heart – for Catholic funerals, order for village feasts, for carnivals of every kind. So why is getting together with a…

This food review is partially dedicated to Robert Vadra, clinic Italy-born Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law. His whacky “mango people in banana republic” post on his Facebook page, which inspired…

What do cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, nurse actor Naseeruddin Shah, ailment economist Lord Meghnad Desai and Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk share in common?  A love of yummy sweets from the legendary…

If you haven’t heard of Honey Singh yet… hit the Goa music scene and you will now.     Goa’s DJs and musicians have pegged the up-and-coming 28-year-old Punjabi rapper, as well…

Mining trucks, discount which once roamed like muscled, untamed carnivores in Goa’s dusty mining-ravaged countryside, order are slowly turning on their owners. Streets tracks down the fortunes of two owners…