Banaras still makes phenomenal chai

Homecoming in Banaras

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November 16th 2008
Although I will continue to insist that I want to travel and experience the whole world, I would be lying if I said I didn't have some special attachment to South Asia. When I was considering this job in Bangladesh, a small part of me hesitated to return to the sub-continent, afraid that I would start to accumulate a resume that suggested regional specialization. But of course there was that other ... 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