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Greetings fom Mumbai

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June 4th 2011
Another unsolicited installment in the “don’t-forget-about-me-entirely” email series: Mumbai, India, 1 June 2001 We landed in Mumbai (aka Bombay) 3 days ago. Mumbai is the new, non-colonial name for Bombay, quite possibly the wildest, most intense city on Earth. Extreme. Relentless. Just the taxi ride from the airport was an experience. I’d thought the mini-van drivers in Bali wer ... read more

Asia » India » Maharashtra

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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