A room with a view

The Kite Runners

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January 19th 2011
The tiny boy, I guessed about four years old, had already run past me twice, in opposite directions, along the busy Ajmer Road as I searched in vain for an internet café. I wondered if he was part of some scam until I noticed that he had no interest in me whatsoever; in fact the last time he passed me I had to step into the road to avoid him running straight into me. What on earth was he up to ru ... 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