Portrait

First Impressions in Southern India

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October 16th 2016
I'm sitting in a Muslim owned restaurant in Fort Kochi, cooled by a breeze from the Indian Ocean even though the air is still sticky and humid. Something about tropical weather and palm trees makes any place feel like a vacation. We arrived to Kochi in the Kerala state a few days ago and in 2 days we will be in Delhi up north. I had believed a quick jaunt in southern India would be a less jolt ... 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