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In India: Allepy, Saturday 2012 January 21

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January 21st 2012
I am sitting on a houseboat on the Kerala backwatersas the sun sets orange into the palm trees. M__ and I are enjoying wine as a light breeze cools us. Crows are calling to each other in the background. The water is gently rippled, sufficient to cradle the islands of water lilies as far as can be seen. Quiet, except for the creaking of the ... 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