The Mystery Machine

The Bollywood Experience

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September 16th 2011
No visit to India is complete without the Bollywood Experience. I was fortunate enough to see a Bollywood film at a cinema that is considered to be one of India's finest, the Raj Mandir. It looks like an immense meringue, and has been described as a cross between a temple and Disneyland. The whole experience was extraordinary. We were the only non-locals in the cinema, and drew curious loo ... 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