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Life in Jaipur

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February 29th 2008
Volunteering at Ladli enabled me to get off the tourist trail and this was one of the best experiences of my travels. Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, is a large, sprawling, polluted city. However, the house we were renting was just outside the city in the quieter suburbs. Prabhakar Goswami had arranged for us to rent his younger brother's house, a new purchase that he would be moving into i ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaipur

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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