vertigo at Srirangam

A spoonful of sugar and a dose of religion

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May 29th 2006
Ok, so the telephone lines have been down for a week now thanks to the widening of the road. It seems in cutting down some trees, they also cut down some phone wires. So after a trip into the local town (40 min on the bus) I found a working cyber cafe. sort of.... One of the things I’m loving here is the use of language. Indian English is very formal. Almost antiquated. “What is your moth ... 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