Boy riding a buffalo in the Ganges

Dirty Rivers and Even Dirtier Wall Carvings

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September 10th 2006
I'm typing this from the holy city of Varanasi on the banks of the river Ganges in the South West corner of Utter Pradesh. It was a long journey from Khajuraho, involving a 4 hour cab journey on a ridiculously bumpy road to Satna(we had the inevitable flat tyre along the way that took a while to repair), followed by an over-night train ride to Varanasi. Khajuraho really is in the middle of now ... 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