Banana Seller

They did a roaring trade

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February 19th 2007
We're still baffled as to why people queued to hurl bananas at the gigantic chariots but nevertheless we dutifully joined in the religiuous fervour. Surely there was some deeply symbolic significance to the bananas but the real reason eluded us and the process appeared to resemble a cross between target practice and a food fight. The great wooden chariot (see pic from our last blog) had now ... read more

Asia » India » Karnataka » Gokarna

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

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