India 101

Bombs, boys, and a guru

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February 15th 2010
The next morning I got up early in order to catch a bus to the city of Kota for my subsequent train back to Jaipur. Mama walked me out and we said a brief and impersonal goodbye, and she let me take what turned out to be a terrible early morning picture of her. While waiting for the train in Kota, I got an email from Craig titled “The B Word,” which asked where I was and if I was okay. “O ... 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