Jyotsna and Me

Ready or Not

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August 4th 2008
I have moved in with Maelle and in correlation had to also say goodbye to Prashant, Heyma, Jyotsna, and their parents. Yesterday was also Friendship Day. Heyma asked if I could come to their shop for a few minutes before I took off. She said something to her father in Hindi but I understood the word "gift." "Pick one of these fabrics," she told me, indicating towards a big pile of different mat ... 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