Johnny and Helen by the Ganges

Varanasi at Diwali.

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November 12th 2004
Well, well, well. How to describe Varanasi at Diwali? It's a pretty difficult task, as so much is going on that the brain can hardly process the information fast enough to register it properly. It's one big, colour-filled stream of experience into which you slip in and crawl out. It also makes you realise that you are not some independant little island, but part of a seething, breathing, ever-e ... 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