Shiva's dance

Ridin' the rails

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July 2nd 2008
I've gotten pretty good at navigating India by train. Currently I'm aboard the Howray Mail train bound for Bhubaneswar, Orissa. I left Chennai last night around 11:30pm and will arrive in Bhubaneswar at about 10pm tonight...yes, that's almost a 24hr train ride!! It's ok though, this time I sprung for an A/C sleeper, so it's not bad at all. I actually really like train travel, it's feels more r ... 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