Gaand

practically a local

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July 8th 2008
I am now offically registered as a volunteer at Prem Dam. Went there today, going there tomorrow. On friday Katie, Alicia, Meghan, Jamie and I get to check out a more rural area (around Raiganj) with a Father Puthumai. Should be gone about a week, and I might be incommunicado. So, on my first day volunteering a Prem Dam, the auto rickshaw ride cost 8 rupees a head, was terrifying, and a motor ... 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