LOUTOLIM, India – Age sits lightly on the sprawling, 4-centuries-old Figueiredo Mansion. The home is a lived-in repository of memories tracing to the days when the west-coast Indian state of Goa was a ...

The top part of the wood-carved altar that touches the top of the 83-feet-high Cathedral of Bom Jesu in Old Goa, where the mortal remains of Francis Xavier, the 16th-century Jesuit missionary, are ...

This Friday June 2, 2017 photo shows the dining room of the the sprawling Figueiredo Mansion, a 427-year-old Portuguese heritage home in Goa, India. The home is a much-loved and lived-in repository of ...

India is a place that you have to see to believe. Teeming masses is a term that was meant for the country of 1.3 billion; the frenetic pace engulfs the senses. Diving Into Immortality is a 10-day tour ...

Queen Abbakka of Ullal led a formidable naval defence against Portuguese colonial forces in the 16th century. Her strategic ...

Sri Lankan rulers, whether indigenous or European, used soldiers from India in addition to local levies. This was due to a ...

The Supreme Court upheld a 1974 decision regarding land rights in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, resolving a dispute stemming from Portuguese colonial rule. The court dismissed appeals against a High Court ...

An Indian court has allowed a Catholic activist to intervene in an ongoing legal battle to reclaim, restore and declare a 16th century Portuguese-era church as a historical monument. Melwyn Fernandes ...