Early Morning Boating On The Ganges

Impenetrable India

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February 8th 2010
Standing on the burning ghats of Varanasi, the oldest living city in the world where it is believed by Hindus to be where one who is graced to die will attain salvation and freedom from the cycle of birth and re-birth, I clock another approaching... I look through him as if he is invisible, offering no eye contact, making no adjustment to my stance and offering no gestures that would in ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh

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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