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moi and Ashish in front of his cafe  
   

moi and Ashish in front of his cafe

India Thrice: Rhythms of Benares

March 3rd 2009
Tonight my friend Ashish and I took a boat across the Ganga to the flat, wide sandbank on the other side to watch the sunset over the city and the ghats. About 20 minutes or so after the sun disappeared behind the ancient buildings on the other side of the river, the pink sky ebbed away leaving behind a pale glow that made the entire scene appear delicately soft, like a pale unearthly watercolour ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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