Old City view from Meherangarh Fort, Jodhpur

Jodhpur, first glimpse at Desert life.

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June 26th 2007
I headed for Jodhpur in Western Rajasthan, wanting to see what desert life is like. So I boarded the train prepared for a rather arduous 18 hr journey. But the thing, you see with the Indian rail system is that it runs on Indian time! So somehow my 18 hr journey transformed into a 27 hour one. This left me with plenty of time to get through, cover to cover, of the copy of "The Catcher In The Rye" ... 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