That Goan Girl

Goa is no longer the “cheap beach destination” people still imagine it to be. Between ₹600 cocktails, ₹1200 breakfast bills, absurd peak-season hotel rates, overpriced scooter and car rentals, and the legendary taxi mafia ensuring every short ride feels like an international transfer, Goa can drain your wallet faster than…

The first time I went to Rishikesh, it was exactly what I expected it to be – cafés spilling out onto narrow lanes, yoga studios tucked into every corner, the Ganga moving steadily alongside it all, and a kind of chaotic calm that only a place like this can hold.…

Panjim isn’t a place I “go out” to. It’s where my week happens. Meetings spill into coffee, coffee turns into lunch, and sometimes I’m just there because I have an hour to kill between two things. Over time, you start to build a mental map – not of landmarks, but…