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I often see women in gorgeous saris ...  
   

I often see women in gorgeous saris ...

... riding side-saddle on the back of motorbikes. Sometimes you see entire families on bikes.
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May 20th 2006
I have changed my departure date to June 2, and am now into my last two weeks in India. Luckily, the intense heat of early May -- where it was 41-47 C. every day -- has brought some thundershowers, which has cooled things off a bit. It was down to 21 C. the other night -- a miracle! -- though it is still at least 38 C. each day. (Varada is standing beside me as I write, trying to teach me some ... read more
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Indian Flag 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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