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Amritsar: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire

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November 4th 2013
AMRITSAR Population: 1.1 million PUNJAB Population: 27.7 million Area: 50,000 sq km Our goal in getting out of Delhi as quickly as possible was to find a smaller, less chaotic place in which to calm down and find our bearing as we adjusted to the life of a foreign traveller in India. Upon arriving in Amritsar, we soon realized that we'd jumped out of the frying pan and into th ... 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