Sunrise at Mumbai harbour

Urban India and Bollywood action

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January 15th 2007
At first sight Mumbai (alias Bombay) didn't seem as full-on and frentic as expected. But you only get to see a small part when you stay in Colaba, the part of town where most travellers stay. Only when I took the local commuter train I started realising what this city is about. I had all my bags with me and got a seat so I thought I was fine. Only when people around me warned me it would be diff ... 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