The Island of Pleasures, Lake Picciola

‘The rules are for everyone else surely?’

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January 25th 2011
Of course this attitude exists the world over but nowhere have I seen it more evident than in India. Some rules are obviously upheld such as refraining from taking ‘hand-grenades … spear guns … swords’ as carry-on luggage onto an internal flight, as we noted from the list of prohibited items at security in both Jaipur and Udaipur airports. Strangely, drinking water is allowed as carry-on b ... 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