western influence

Pondicherry- We need drops of heaven

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September 18th 2009
I am at a really beautiful part of South India right now, Pondicherry! This place was colonized by the French for decades up until 1949. The architectures here are really French, a lot of the buildings look like boutique shops. And yes, there are French restaurants! Of course the chefs aren’t French, but the Indian chef is a master at making French food. I finally ate something that wasn’t cur ... 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