The Zenana

Jodhpur

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August 16th 2008
We nearly missed the train from Kuchaman to Jodhpur - even though it was two hours late and the station had just one platform! How? Well we were not quite certain what was going on as all announcments were in Hindi. A local train pulled in and a few minutes later, another train arrived parallel and behind it. Eventually, the station master came over and told us that the second train was our train. ... 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