this little girl let me sample all the spices ... and I felt guilty afterwards I felt I had to buy something - and I think I ultimately bought bark? not knowing what it was. and then all I thought was, did I just really spend 10 rupees, on bark??

Kolkata & Puri

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November 29th 2008
Kolkata… Within a couple hours of arriving in India I had the good fortune of meeting some kind, outgoing guys who told me about the Mother Theresa House - where I decided to volunteer, “for a few days”. In any rate, I sunk comfortably into the Kolkata/Sudder Street bubble faster than I could say “Motherhouse”, and the days amicably rolled into one another, and before I knew it 2 weeks ... 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