Bright colors in an otherwise bland area of Srinagar

Kashmir - Paradise Not Lost

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January 10th 2010
Strange Srinagar We visited Srinagar and Gulmarg in Dec 2009 end, against some trepidation - everyone thought we were crazy - why Kashmir... its not safe - go to a balmy weather place like Goa... etc... but my son wanted to see Kashmir - its always been a part of India which most teenagers in Mumbai would have never experienced - given that by the time they were born, insurgency had 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