View from my hotel in Paharganj

First days in India

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August 16th 2008
Well, I have arrived. Actually, I arrived a while ago but it has taken me a while to update this site due to some communications problems here in Delhi. Yesterday was independance day, and due to the holiday communications have been shut down in order to prevent potential terrorist communications (or so I was told). I got here on the 14th around noon, and after a hair rasing cab ride and so ... 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