Balu
Since we met in 2009 in Orchaa, Balu has always remained friendly and inviting. He runs what was a tiny little 'trinkets' shop on the way to the Ramraj Temple where pilgrims buy souvenirs. Lately he has expanded to a quite decent space. He introduced me to his amazing and simply father (now dead) when we would visit him up on a hill outside town, living like a hermit in an open sided thatched hut and tending a small plot during the day. There we would be cooked amazing food.. his father being a chapati wizard and dahl master.
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 
