Breakfast this morning was at the tiny Café Shubham in the beautiful coastal village of Morjim in north Goa. Bhaji-Pão-Chao: Rs 14 ($0.28). Taste, Service & Warmth: Priceless.
Category Archives: Culture
Taken yesterday at the thread ceremony of my nephew Yash. The Facebook generation comes of age. (Point driven home subtly by the placement of a toy made by a company named after a fruit.)
This installment of Panjim Promenade puts the spotlight on Tobacco Square (Largo do Estanco in Portuguese). The Tobacco Square is bounded by the General Post Office, the São Tomé chapel and Casa da Moeda. What is now the General Post Office originally started out as a depot for trading tobacco whence the name of the…
The village of Reis Magos in Goa‘s Bardez taluka is exquisitely located on the waterline across the bay from Panjim, and is named after the three biblical Magi Kings. Among its treasures are the eponymous church and fort. The beautiful Church of Reis Magos, built in 1555, is among Goa‘s oldest. Symbols in bas relief…