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Lowering of the flags  
   

Lowering of the flags

Theatrics and temples

January 9th 2008
After our death-defying experience in a tuk tuk we decided to try and top it with a share-jeep ride to the no-man's land between India and Pakistan to cheer on India in the daily display of machismo that is the border closing ceremony. The share jeep drivers have really got a handle on the idea of economies of scale, and despite us thinking the jeep was full with the two of us and 5 Punjabi stu ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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