Trying a Sitar

Varanasi

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October 31st 2010
Having caught the train from NJP with Marc at 11pm, we arrived at Mughal Sarai the following afternoon on the Brahmputra Mail Train. I really enjoy sleeping on Indian trains, it's a completely different experience from anything you would experience in the UK, though as the night turned into day it got a little boring waiting for the remaining nine hours to pass. I took a few minutes in the middle ... 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