Inside Patwa-ki-Haveli

The Golden City

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March 22nd 2011
Monday 3-7 to Wednesday 3-9 As I write this, we are on another overnight train, headed back to Delhi from Jaisalmer. Chatty Cathy (a.k.a. Nick) is currently in the next bunk over, charming some ladies from Canada. I think it’s great that he’s so sociable and loves to talk to strangers (a gene I definitely lack) but good god this boy d ... 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