Alleppy Rail Station Sunday AM

Beach Files

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November 14th 2006
Up early Saturday and caught the 8.05 train out of Alleppey for the two hour run to Kollam. Dozing happily, Bruce Springsteen was riding the range with his Blood Brothers in my earphones, when a prod jerked me out of my reverie. “Hello hello, what is your good name please and where are you coming from?” Mr S Lachhman Sinh Brar, I subsequently learned, was a teacher from the Punjab and he was o ... 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