On the banks of the Mandovi river estuary — and still known to many by its English name, Panjim — Goa’s regional capital dates to around the 11th century. Yet its defining period was four centuries of ...

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 ...