bay of bengal

bed bugs.

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August 21st 2008
August 20, 2008 City in Strike! Today the city of Kolkata is on strike. Everything is closed and everything is quiet. I can only hear my ceiling fan (spinning out of control), the enormous crows outside my window, and the neighbors working in their courtyard. No honking and no engine noise! It is amazing. This peace has been especially nice today given the whirlwind of the past four da ... 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