Child Labor
This was taken on a Wednesday. It's not a factory but just the same, the kid's not in school. Maybe I shouldn't have even taken a pic which perhaps encourages it. At least I didn't photograph any of the snake charmers. As soon as a hint of a tourist nears they pop the top off of the little basket. To avoid actually getting hurt, they cut out the fangs of such snakes which often results in infection and death. We saw a "charmer" so intently watching us that he didn't notice his snake snap his hand. Oops, the jig is up.
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 
