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Colonies, "Kerala Meals" and Mosquitoes...not for the faint of heart...

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July 2nd 2006
We visited 3 different colonies today...I wish you all could witness this stuff first hand. "Colonies" resemble what we call "ghettos” or "barrios"...they're clusters of land which are populated by Dalits. The colonies we visited today still lacked basic plumbing (there was a communal well where people could get water) some houses lacked electricity. The houses were about 10x10 feet, others were ... 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