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Guja-wha?

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February 1st 2009
Fresh out of the Aravali Hospital, Jenny and I decided to head South to the little visited state of Gujarat. If you've never heard of this place (Guja-what?) then here's a crash course on everything there is to know about it: -Its Gandhi's birthplace -booze is illegal -the last name Patel comes from here -its the state below Rajasthan -everybody's got an uncle in Toronto Our first stop ... read more

Asia » India » Gujarat

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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