In fairness,i must say that there are quite a few places in India equal to Goa in terms of fun and frolic quotient, but Goa stands out 'cause of it's tax free alcohol status, hankypanky beaches and absolutely crazy party scene!!....Pondicherry is a mere 150km from Madras, has the same tax free alcohol status(a 750 ml bottle of Kingfisher lager, or any other brand costs Rs.48 fer crissakes!!...) has the Aurobindo Ashram where thousands of foreigners descend into and start tripping on some substance or the other, has great restaurants(multi cuisine incl. some great french restaurants run by french chefs), great bars but loses out to Goa 'cause they haven't developed the party scene...then there's Daman and Diu(a pair of tax free party havens in Gujarat)....a few more pics of Goa for you guys as i was going through them to plan my own itinerary there!!....
