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Dailogues de Goa

"Dailogues de Goa" is a series of travel programs focusing on Goa. Immersive, deep dive itineraries on different aspects of one of India's smallest state. Through Dialogues de Goa we unwrap various aspects of Goa like its Architecture, Cuisine, Music, Politics and Business. 

4 days of traveling through Goa, understanding it, through curated interactive sessions with historians, journalists, activists, and many visits and experiences in context to the subject. All this juxtoposed with stay in heritage hotels, explorative cuisine and many fun activites like heritage walks, kayaking and cycling. 

The politics of Goa is as facinating as it gets, with a voter base of the entire state being less than many constituencies of India. The unique history of Goa being the first European colony in Asia to the post liberalisation politics of statehood and later being only the 2nd non congress government in the country after Kerala. 

Goa now faces unprecedented challenges, particularly finding a balance between economic growth and enviornmental preservation. Being small it has also become a laborartory for other regional parties to test waters for their national ambitions.

In this context we will shortly be launching hte first immersive travel program under the "Dialogues de Goa" series on the politics of Goa. 

We are putting together an itinerary soon, stay tuned. You can find details on https://www.indigointeractives.com/ 

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