Varanasi street

Impressions of India

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April 24th 2010
If I had to describe India in a word I wouldn't. There is no single word that can encapsulate the experience of traveling there. If I had to describe India using two words, I would use beautiful yet haunting. Every day was an assault on the senses, a festival of human existence, and there was a haunting beauty to it all. First of all, let me apologize for the long space of time between blogs. ... 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