The Taj Mahal

Is the Taj Mahal really worth it?

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February 15th 2007
We spent all afternoon at the Taj Mahal yesterday. We had debated for many days and finally decided that we would forget the extortionate cost and no doubt increased volume of tourists in favour of Valentines Day - what more romantic day to view the monument to love? I was pretty determined to put all my scepticism aside about the greed of tourist India, about being hassled aplenty, about how it s ... 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