This former French colony in a little coastal town in Southern India draws nearly a million visitors every year. It’s hard to imagine the French tricolor fluttering in India, unless you are in Pondicherry, where 281 years of French occupation have left their mark. In mid-17th century, when European nations were colonizing foreign lands, this coastal nugget on the Bay of Bengal in Southern India became a favourite spot for Europeans. The Portuguese, Dutch, Danes, […]