Happy Holi!

Holi is the festival of colours. It crosses caste lines. People buy cheap white outfits, or wear old white clothes. They buy this bright coloured powdered paint and throw it at each other. They also mix it with water and use water guns. They all get covered in colours and then have big bond fires on city corners as part of the festival.

Jaipur: Maharajas and movies

March 8th 2012
 Jaipur is called “The Pink City.” Pink being the colour of hospitality and friendship. Jaipur is known for jewellery, leather and the making of artificial limbs: they are shipped all over the world. This is also the area that supplied all that translucent marble for the Taj Mahal. The city’s founder, Maharaja Samai ... 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

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