When the hand of God strums a guitar
Perhaps the invisible hand of God has begun strumming a guitar somewhere in some corner of this tropical paradise. Because amidst all the cacophony and din of nightlife in Goa,…
Perhaps the invisible hand of God has begun strumming a guitar somewhere in some corner of this tropical paradise. Because amidst all the cacophony and din of nightlife in Goa,…
If you think vegetarians have a tough time navigating through the streets of Goa, where prawns twitch their antennas in salute and crabs click their claws to grab your attention…
The room is small and on a yellow wall hangs a crucifix. Beside a small table carpeted by colourful papers, generic two teenagers busily craft a stylish bamboo lamp. This is…
In a village known for priests, footballers and sailors, Michael Beny Da’Costa doesn’t mind being called ‘garbage man.’ Two years ago Beny was cruising at knot speed on a merchant vessel…
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…