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The story of my life

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October 27th 2008
Scene: Hot Delhi afternoon in late October outside of a popular restaurant. A young man wanting to study Sufi devotional music (Qawwali) is waiting outside of a restaurant that he has been told to be at by 2:30 in order to meet a possible teacher (guru). Having the knowledge that few, in any, outsiders ever get the chance to study Qawwali (since a vast majority of the musical teachings are pa ... 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