The "Real India" 2013-06-21 07.00.53

The "Real India"

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June 21st 2013
Travel from Jaipur to Varanasi was easy. Only 2 flights connecting through Delhi. By the end of this trip, Delhi Airport will be as familiar as RDU. Describing our 24 hours in Varanasi is difficult. Our guide, Aman (a university trained anthropologist), called his city “The Real India”. It was simultaneously real and surreal. We were at turns amazed, humbled, horrified and enchanted. Varanasi ... 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