Kumar and Me

Not A Joke For Ladies

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August 14th 2010
I was taking a nice long walk on the beach with Kumar. There was a rare moment of silence between us so I piped up, "Kumar, tell me something funny." With my direct command he switched gears between "friend" and "driver" immediately. "Oh...funny...madam, I don't know. I need to think," he says. He gets quiet and pensive and I can see he's straining to think of something funny to tell me. H ... read more

Asia » India

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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