Ritual Bathings

Turning up the heat

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June 24th 2007
We have (regretfully) left Kolkata, and moved on to Varanasi and Allahabad, which are closer to Delhi. Kolkata was everything we didn't expect it to be. The reputation it has earned does not do it justice, as it was probably the most modern place we have been to on this trip. We ate at some of India's best restaurants (including one by Sanjeev Kapoor, India's leading celebrity chef), visited t ... 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