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The Andamans: paradise post-tsunami

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February 14th 2005
We’d planned for months to visit the Andaman Islands, but begrudgingly I had agreed to go to Goa instead. Travel agents in Calcutta were all adamant the Andamans were wrecked, dangerous and overrun with refugees due to the tsunami. This was frustrating, because despite all the misinformation put out by the media. I knew the Andaman Islands were virtually unaffected by the tsunami after having me ... 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