Inside the Baby Taj

...and into the chaos of Agra

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August 7th 2006
The train ride here was wonderful- not only was it unexpectedly air conditioned, but we were unexpectedly fed, and consequently unexpectedly happy considering how hot and intense the Delhi station, let alone the ticket acquisition, had been. But the view is what I'm writing home about. Rolling out of the station at 615 am, the sun was rising over the city proper. All along the tracks, for the ... 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