Jaipur--The "Pink City"

Jostling in Jaipur

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March 27th 2007
Hi, guys! I'm in the dry and dusty city of Jaipur in the state of Rajasthan in an internet cafe in the back of a tiny dress and shoe shop with an old fashioned fan whirring away as I type. The shop is open to the street, so we hear horns blaring constantly as if they were carrying on a conversation (which in a way they are, because everyone uses horns to signal what they are going to do). Out the ... 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