Train ride (lowest class)

Hangin with the Reaper

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November 14th 2006
Owing to the separatist violence that has rocked Kashmir for the past 13 odd years, the state has been effectively isolated from the encroachment of capitalism and the degradation of culture that accompanies mass tourism. It's like travelling to a medieval Muslim society, where the pace of life is so aptly described by the words often used to describe it, Shanti, shanti. Roughly translated this me ... 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