Because hippies would go swimming nude — illegal in India — Mr. Braganza’s mother forbade him from going to the beach when he was growing up. Ms. Ramnacher, the cafe owner, agreed that the ...

PANAJI, India — Eight Finger Eddie’s time had come and gone. When the 85-year-old, touted as the godfather of Goa’s hippie scene, died last week in a beachside village in Goa, the west coast ...

PANAJI, India — Eight Finger Eddie’s time had come and gone. When the 85-year-old, touted as the godfather of Goa’s hippie scene, died last week in a beachside village in Goa, the west coast ...

Bill Aitken, writer who adopted India as ‘father’ of hippies, dies at 90. The Scottish-born Mr. Aitken followed what would become the Hippie Trail to India in 1959 and wrote books exploring ...

Greater Noida, oct 29: US singer Lady Gaga, replendent in her jaw-dropping outfit told mediapersons on Friday that she guessed she was an Indian ...

Bill Aitken, a self-described “founding father of the hippies” who hitchhiked from England to India in 1959 and became a literary guru for generations of wanderers with books that explored the ...

Bill Aitken, a self-described “founding father of the hippies” who hitchhiked from England to India in 1959 and became a literary guru for generations of wanderers with books that explored the ...