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Rah-rah-rah for the Raj

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January 14th 2011
‘The only thing we Indians can blame you English for, is … leaving too quickly … you should have stayed on for longer’ wasn’t a sentiment we expected to hear during our time in India. Singh, our energetic, humorous, affectionate and very knowledgeable tour guide of 83 was certainly old enough to have experienced India pre- and post-Independence and it was clear which he preferred. We exp ... 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