Entering tiger country

A Tiger Economy

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January 17th 2011
Even the little Indian girl, who had been wailing just moments before fell silent, on hearing the distress call of the Samur buck, sounding for all the world like a smoker ‘hack’ ing through a megaphone. Answering calls came back from the plateau above and the other side of the narrow wooded valley that surrounded our safari truck. There was some agitation in the trees too, as the birds caught ... 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