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Dec
24/09
Varanasi
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
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I read today that Varanasi is the world’s oldest inhabited city with an unbroken lineage back to 800BC, and there is evidence of early Aryan settlements as far back as 4000 years ago. I can certainly believe it, the small alleys and dirt roads that snake around the back of the ghats look timeless, every nook and cranny seems to have grown as slowly as a snails shell, encrusted with time. (more…)

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Dec
23/09
Mahindra College, Pune to Varanasi.
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 July 2010 01:56
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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I woke to a sunrise that calmed the clamorous valley of the previous night. I walked up the arcing stairs of the YHA to the roof and was met with a far warmer world. The laborers on the neighboring building site were huddled around warming morning fires, Pune had become solid after the little pinpricks of light had joined together. (more…)

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