the buddhist temple at the Tibetan refugee settlement

Bye Bye Miss Indian Pie...

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March 29th 2007
After China’s endless claims of OLDEST, LONGEST, BEST PRESERVED, at various tourist sites, it is a great feeling to be in the world’s BIGGEST democracy. This does have occasional drawbacks, most often when trying to get something done: the downside of a bit of healthy democracy is that everyone has his or her own opinion about how things should be done …. So it takes that bit longer to actu ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more