a crustacean on the beach

The Young Woman and the Sea

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December 25th 2006
There couldn’t have been a better day to visit Chennai! The ubiquitous, humid signature weather of the city was overshadowed by a cloudy sky and a gentle breeze on a mild day in late December. Unlike my previous trips which were solely family visits, this was purely of the holiday kind! Although Chennai was home, I’d seen greener pastures(!) and often wished and hoped it would go back to being ... 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