Sacred Cow

Cows are revered as they produce food (milk),help work the fields and generally lhelp nuture us. We were told that many are cared for only whilst they produce milk then once too old for milk production, they cannot be killed so are set free to roam the streets.

Leaving India (at last)

August 14th 2008
Our blog remains weeks behind and so a hasty run through of our remaining weeks in India is needed, else we’ll never catch up with ourselves. Jude said to describe India you need every adjective in the dictionary and then some, which is so true. Chandigarth After the beautifully damp (and cool) mountains of Himachal Pradesh we reached the Punjabi plains and found that not on ... 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

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