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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: A tale of many kindnesses
Date: August 9th 2010
Date: August 9th 2010
Mumbai
Our plane, bucking and twitching wildly, finally dropped out from the thick monsoon clouds that cloaked the city to reveal a sodden mess of concrete and tin. Lurching ever closer to the ground we flew above an untidy unity of beige tower blocks, gleaming malls and, filling the spaces, tin shack villages, shanty towns, slums. As we neared the runway the turbulence subsided and ... read more
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