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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]
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] Blog: New India
Date: May 2nd 2009
Mumbai is the new face of India. It's a cosmopolitian city in which 55% of the population live in slums. Contrast survives side by side with the most expensive properties in the world next door to aluminum boarded shacks. It's crowded, multi-ethnic, humid and crazy! I stayed with a friend here who has been living here for a few years, in a suburb of Mumbai. As with all big cities Mumbai is also ... read more
Date: May 2nd 2009
Mumbai is the new face of India. It's a cosmopolitian city in which 55% of the population live in slums. Contrast survives side by side with the most expensive properties in the world next door to aluminum boarded shacks. It's crowded, multi-ethnic, humid and crazy! I stayed with a friend here who has been living here for a few years, in a suburb of Mumbai. As with all big cities Mumbai is also ... read more
