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Meeting the Delhi relis

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October 8th 2007
I came into Delhi at night after two 8-hour flights (plus a 3-hour layover in Milano, Italy). Looking down from the plane as it approached the airport, I could not believe the number of cars on the city's roads. A man sitting next to me, an Indian on his way home from a business trip in Italy, explained that even at midnight, there are traffic jams on the roads of Delhi. Seeing the late-night 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