Tea Pot Beer

About five years previously alcohol had been banned to prevent the growth of bars and general disorderly behaviour. Alcohol licences are difficult to come by or too expensive for most restaurants but this is India, so of course it was still possible to buy beer but it either came in a teapot or you had to be ready to hide the beer bottle from the police inspectors!

India: Monks, Monasteries and Monsoons

June 30th 2008
Firstly enormous thanks to everyone for sending messages or posting comments, as ever they were all gratefully received; in fact we’re slightly incredulous both that we haven’t received more abuse and that we have been nagged for not posting more about India. We left India about a month ago and are clearly well behind with the blog so here goes back to June 21st. Leh - Ladakh ... read more

Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Shimla

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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