In 2020, lockdowns forced Indian startup Maker’s Asylum to make a tough choice: stay in expensive Mumbai and downsize, or move. The company, a community makerspace, relocated to Goa, the coastal state known for its idyllic beaches, laid-back lifestyle, and Portuguese colonial heritage.
Maker’s Asylum is now housed in a 100-year-old Portuguese mansion, on a leafy road in the village Moira, and it has flourished. The rent and electricity fees are a fraction of what the company paid in Mumbai, and it’s more popular among clients than it ever was in the big city. Every day, the mansion is filled with tech workers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts, building things together and attending workshops organized by the company. But Maker’s Asylum isn’t the only new arrival in Goa. The global remote working trend has brought a wave of Indian tech workers, foreign digital…
