The Indian Elm tree

Holoptelea integrifolia Planch. (Hindi: Chilbil) The seed capsules attracted many feeding birds. I believe a paste can be made from the bark of this tree and used to treat arthritis, applied to swollen joints.

The hills are alive - and I was too (but only just!)

March 14th 2017
The effects of Monday afternoon's excesses lulled me to sleep on the mattress from hell. I awoke on Tuesday in time to meet Manish again at the Jorawar Singh Gate on the far side of the old Pink City shortly after 7.30a.m. Kindly, knowing I wouldn't have had time for breakfast at my hotel, he took me on his motorbike to his home a few minutes away. His wife Krishna had prepared masala chai ( ... 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

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