Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and......

If All Of India Was Like Goa...

The intrinsic inclusivity of Goa is the key to its great attraction, observes Rahul Singh. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com There are few places where Christmas and the New Year are......

India, US Troops Play Kabaddi In Alaska

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: As part of 'ice-breaking activities' during Yudh Abhyas -- the military exercise involving troops from the Indian and US......

Elections and the feeling of deja vu

'The great wheel of democracy has turned full circle, and it feels just like being back in 2014, but with less hope that someone out there is going to save us from ourselves,' points out Mitali......

Mining ban sees a new, cleaner Goa

Anyone who has read even a few of my columns would know that I go to Goa a lot. The mood, the food, the feni (of course) and, ultimately, the sea, the palm trees, the bougainvillea and the clean,......

2009: Laddus, feni, sarees get copyright

Places famous for their food, drink or clothes -- like Tirupati Ladu, Goa Feni and Banarsi Saree -- from much before the days of copyrights and trademarks won the exclusive right to use these names......

United Spirits to launch feni brand next quarter

United Spirits, liquor baron Vijay Mallya's Rs 3,600 crore (Rs 36 billion) firm, is set to launch feni, the famous Goan spirit, in the branded retail market by the next quarter. This is the first......

Vodka for Russians, Feni for Indians?

Wine for French, Vodka for Russian and Feni for Indian -- is a new business plan that the Indian drinks major UB group has drawn at its board room now. The Rs 6,000 crore group, after creating......

Churchill swamp Mahindra United

'Cashew feni versus desi country' read a banner unfurled by fans of Churchill Brothers during the second round I-League football clash versus Mahindra United at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Thursday.......

Goa goes flat after Portugal defeat

Soccer fans in the former Portuguese colony of Goa slumped in dejection after the hosts lost 1-0 to Greece in the Euro 2004 final in Lisbon on Sunday. Thousands of people across the India's western......