https://www.scmp.com/rss/509223/feed Apeksha Bhateja is a freelance journalist based in Gurgaon, India. She has worked with Travel+Leisure India & South Asia as the Chief of Features and women's platform POPxo as an Assistant Editor. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ruchira Bose, 44, sets up a picnic under the chikoo tree in her garden while her dog, Sophie, sunbathes on the grass nearby. She looks out at fields where peacocks strut and cows graze. In October last year, the digital content and commerce strategy adviser traded her 29th-floor flat in India’s financial capital Mumbai for a sunshine-coloured bungalow in Goa, where she now grows pumpkins, beans, okra, cashews, pomegranates and cucumbers while studying permaculture. Goa, on the country’s... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3126032/why-indians-are-trading-cities-promise-relaxed-life-goa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3126032/why-indians-are-trading-cities-promise-relaxed-life-goa?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Mar 2021 07:00:13 +0000