Sushil, the peepal tree and the shrine

The best chai in India by the banks of the Ganges

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November 7th 2011
Sushil is 49 years old and has, for the past 20 years, run a chai stall which for the last 14 years has been under a peepal tree next to the river Ganges (Ganga) in Rishikesh. He was born 100 klms away and moved here with his family in 1979 when his father, a Village Development Office with the government, was stationed there. When he was 20 and his father and family again moved, he stayed on in t ... 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