Bashir- our pilot

Three Men (and us) in a Boat

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December 31st 2005
Picture yourself on a boat by a river, with palm trees lining the shore, fine Keralan cuisine being cooked up for you in the galley, and only the distant sound of a million hungry mosquitoes heading ever closer to disturb the tranquility. For the last two days we've been cruising the Keralan backwaters on a traditional rice boat. The boat has three crew- a pilot, an engine man and a chef- but o ... 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