On his backside

Amritsar

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November 13th 2009
We arrived in Amritsar from Delhi after an 8 hour train journey. An additional 2 hours were delays as there were protesters on the track. We were all exhausted and went to bed almost immediately. The next day we visited a fabric mill which imported wool from Australia. We watched the whole proceedure from spinning the wool all the way through to the finished product, including the weaving. Al ... 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