Living in the lap of luxury

INDIA PART I: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly but Not Necessarily in that Order

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January 11th 2010
"Travel was pointless. It removed you from the place in which you had a meaning, and to which you gave meaning in return by dedicating your life to it, and it spirited you away into fairylands where you were, and looked, frankly absurd."--from The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Flashback: Bangkok, Thailand—October 2009. “Another holiday, what do you mean another holiday?” ... read more

Asia » India

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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