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This is our India... Part 2

April 12th 2008
New Delhi So we arrive in Delhi, and obviously we found ourselves well and truly in the tourist ghetto that is the Pahar Ganj, a cesspit of touts, cows, rubbish, flies and s**t... It was here that I realised that the sacred cow, supposedly revered by the people around us is really treated quite badly. OK, so they're not abused or anything, but they're just left to their own devices, gra ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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