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In India there is a tribe who learned to make living bridges out of ficus tree roots. They take 15-30 years to make, last about 500 years and can stretch 15-250 feet over rivers and gorges.
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Silk Road Adventures
In 1935 the British Consul Eric Teichman leaves his post in Beijing and sets out for Chinese Turkestan, before returning to England through India. His journey from Beijing to India lasts for four months. He crosses Suiyuan by train and travels through Inner and Outer Mongolia, the Gobi desert, Hami, Urumchi, Turfan, and Karashar on a motor truck, from Kashgar to Gilgit on horseback and on foot, and finally takes a plane to Delhi. Some great photographs taken during this journey from Hunza are to be found in book. (via)
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Ajanta Caves - Maharashtra, India
30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India. The caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art, particularly expressive paintings that present emotions through gesture, pose and form.
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China Replaces US as India's Largest Trading Partner
China’s re-emergence as India’s biggest trading partner comes despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government efforts to draw down commercial ties with the eastern neighbour, which is been seen as New Delhi’s retaliation to the ongoing border standoff that began in May last year, as well as part of an effort to plug the ballooning trade deficit with the world’s second-biggest economy.
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Formed from a single block of excavated stone, Kailasa temple is considered one of the most impressive cave temples in India. The enormous structure is one of 34 cave temples and monasteries that are collectively known as the Ellora Caves.
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The Ancient Indian Fable of the Blind Men and the Elephant.
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Farmers’ Protest in India – Price of Failure Will Be immense - by Colin Todhunter (off-guardian)
"What happened in Mexico should serve as a warning as Indian farmers continue their protest against three recent farm bills that are designed to fully corporatize the agrifood sector through contract farming, the massive roll-back of public sector support systems, a reliance on imports (boosted by a future US trade deal) and the acceleration of large-scale (online) retail."
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That Winston Churchill is still perceived as a hero by many today is truly peculiar
'I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.' - Winston Churchill
'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favor of using gases against uncivilized tribes. The moral effect should be good... and it would spread a lively terror...' -Winston Churchill, Great Britain's then Colonial Secretary, referring to the Kurds in Iraq, in an official communication, 1921
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India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency (Reuters)
India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government.
The law will “create a facilitative framework for creation of the official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),” said the agenda, published on the lower house website on Friday. The legislation, listed for debate in the current parliamentary session, seeks “to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, however, it allows for certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses,” the agenda said.
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A 1798 view of The Great Pagoda at Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, South India - by Thomas Daniell, (1798)
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250 million people participate in countrywide strike in India
Despite police repression and the COVID-19 pandemic, workers and farmers and their allies across India participated in a pan-India strike action against the recent neoliberal reforms pushed through by the Narendra Modi government.
