Koby's 9th Birthday

India--Settling In with the Locals

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January 16th 2006
Part 7 January 10 Bikaner, India It is surprisingly hard to connect to the low income lives of so many people in India. I hesitate to use the word poverty, as this seems somehow a more Western notion that is both judgmental and clinical at the same time. Poverty as most in the West know it indicates an income level that is inadequate, but still can support a standard of living in the develop ... 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