Who would have thought that spices could change the whole world? Personally, I didn't!! Spices were very precious and not only used in cooking, but also as medicines. The Spanish and the Portuguese were the first to set out on voyages to the Indies to find spices at their source. After Columbus came back from America claiming to have found the Indies....... it was Vasco Da Gama’s turn to take a shot..... and reached Calicut on 20th May 1498 via the Cape of Good Hope. Calicut back then was the main port for the global spice trade.....although the main cargo was black pepper, the so-called “king of spices”. The discovery of India acted as a catalyst for a whole new era of world history. It opened up a route to reach India from Europe. Blood was shed, ships were drowned, seamen died from scurvy but that didn’t stop the Europeans from coming to India. After many years, Portugal attacked Goa and took hold of the whole island. Goa remained a Portuguese colony for 500 years...