Selfie at the Bougainvillae Garden

Chandigarh, India's Milton Keynes?

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November 25th 2014
On the toy train from Kalka to Simla November 25, 2014 ...or if I was being very unkind, Basildon! It is the capital of Hayana and the Punjab and has the highest per capita income in India. It really is unlike any other part of India we have been to. The traffic is orderly, the centre is one long park and on the whole people mostly adopt western dress. Many people speak English. ... 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