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The Blue Mountains

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September 27th 2008
Nilgiris - Blue Mountains in India (bordering three states - Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) We had a brief but wonderful talk with a teacher at a Advasi project -- advasi being word for indigenous people. A plan is hatching, they are in the Nilgiris (means Blue Mountains!!)- it is beautiful territory, tea farming, tigers in the forest and elephants wandering about. A recent fund raising ... 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