Calcutta

The mean streets of Calcutta

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September 9th 2007
It is actually a bit soon for this update, but I will be moving on to Ladakh today and putting Calcutta and Ladakh in one blog is a bit strange to me as they are so different. So even though I have only been here 2 days I will regale you with my stories of Calcutta... Well actually there is not much to tell... I like Calcutta; it has a ramshackle appeal to it... And it has that great swath of ... 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