Free toilets for foreigners!!

This was the first time something was free for foreigners! The difference in price was ridiculous - entrance fees for Indians were 20 rupees versus a whopping 300 rupees or more for foreigners. I had to use this bathroom just because it was free :) I didn't pay the foreigner fees but still, I feel for my fellow travellers.

"A teardrop on the cheek of eternity"

December 6th 2007
The Taj Mahal has been described as many things but the most poignant, in my opinion, is "a teardrop on the cheek of eternity" by Indian poet and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal as a memorial to his beloved wife after she died giving birth to their 14th child. It is one of the most romantic stories of all time, if you can get past the fact that the laborers who ... 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

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