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- to the World of your hosts -- Ruth and Keith Skillicorn. Half our life has been spent in ASIA - (search for anything about Asia) but INDIA (search for anything about India) in particular. We would like to share with you some of our international travel experiences, beginning with INDIA / HAMARE PYARE BHARAT, the land of our adoption where, along with a few years, in neighbouring Bangladesh, we spent 31 years. We sell an excellent variety of top quality books on Travel and any subject you may choose via our powerful search machine. Simply access our AMAZON.COM bookshop, click on the little red cross in the logo box and hit the search button, You may type into the box the names of lands in which you wish to travel, authors, titles, theme and subject matter. We are Associates of and Agents for the Internet's most prestigious book dealer - Amazon.com - and the commission we receive for sales is dedicated to our charities.
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One of the first impressions we had on first arriving in India, back in early 1951, was the vastness of India’s population - over 600 million, compared with Australia’s mere 17 million.
"FIRST IMPRESSIONS", in fact, is the title of one of the early chapters in our autobiographical book on the Web - “An Impossible Dream” - into which you may like to dip to see how we coped at a time when India was only just emerging as a free nation after years of foreign domination. While the British Occupation Forces, who ruled India for about 200 years, certainly had their own motives, what they did by establishing the Indian railway system (the fourth largest in the world) was the best contribution that any of the imperialistic powers of the time could have made to any of their colonies. At the time of our arrival, the whole system was 100% dependent on technology from abroad but now, India is one of the world’s leading nations in terms of the manufacture and exporting of locomotives, coaches, wagons, tracks and signal equipment. In more recent times, if Bill Gate's word is worth believing, India is becoming a world leader in terms of Information Technology and other hi-tech industries. CHECK OUT THE MODERN INDIA.
One of the first areas of India which we came to know and love, is the mighty Himalayas where our three sons, Robert (the late), Paul and Bruce, studied at the prestigeous WOODSTOCK SCHOOL, nestled high up in the Mussoorie "Foothills", at an altitude of 8,000 feet. This magnificent mountain range, which separates India from Central Asia, has massive, awe-inspiring peaks which tower to over 29,000 feet. When we stayed with our children in “the hills” during their summer vacation, what also impressed us was the strength of the monsoon and, in those days, so much of the precious rainwater soaked into the soil, thanks to the lush undergrowth. This also served to keep up the level of the subterranian water-table, presently falling at an alarming rate. Now, because of the population explosion, many of the hillside catchment areas have been denuded, permitting rainwater to carry with it valuable topsoil which serves to silt up the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries, down on the plains, often causing devastating floods.
Inspite of all these adversities, India is overcoming its problems, thanks to massive water-storage and irrigation schemes, along with the “Green Revolution” which not only has made many parts of India totally self-supporting in foodgrains (mainly rice and wheat) , but also has made export possible. Tea, peanuts, rubber, peppers / spices and sugar-cane also are valuable exports. India’s central area, particularly, the provinces of Bihar and M.P., is one of the world’s major producers of top quality coal, iron-ore, mica, manganese and bauxite. From a time when the British claimed that, because of its climatic conditions, India could not produce its own textiles, India has become the world’s third nation in terms of the production of cotton goods. With Mumbai as its centre, India’s textile industry is second to none and its silk-weaving and carpet manufacturing industries are the envy of many nations.
Although religion plays a significant role in Indian life, with Hindus comprising about 83% of the population, the Indian Constitution is secular, assuring freedom for all sections of society, to practice their faith with tolerance and understanding. India’s ethnic origins go back to the Aryan invasion when lighter skin tribes from areas now called “Europe”, merged with the darker-skinner indigenous Dravidians to help produce the Indian of modern times. Later Muslim and Mongol invasions served to still further enrich the cultural and ethnic diversity of what has become Hamare Pyare Bharat - Our Beloved India - Land of Our Adoption. By clicking on the highlighted text, you may gain much information on India and, by engaging a Search Engine or availing of the links mentioned below, you may find information that we cannot convey in the brevity of this short URL. Go For It - and JAI HIND !
Here are a few TIPS ABOUT TRAVELLING WITHIN INDIA. You will need to take the Climate into consideration. Autumn, (October / November) is one of the most pleasant times to travel around India. Generally, this time of the year is dry, clear and delightfully warm. In Winter (December / January), generally, the days can be pleasant but the evenings can be cool and, in the interior parts, quite cold. It is difficult to visit some parts of the Himalayas at this time, unless you like the snow and skiing. In Spring, which covers February through March, things begin to warm up as the mercury climbs and, when Summer arrives (April - May), you will really start to perspire. However, this is the time when visiting the coastal and Himalayan areas can be most pleasant. The Monsoonal season covers mid-June to mid September when rainfall can be quite heavy over most of the country, leaving one hot and sticky.
During 31 years of our career abroad (we now are "retired" in Australia) we lived mainly in India and BANGLADESH, and during that time, were privileged to journey three times around the world. Combining with that travel all the other separate trips we made, means that we have travelled the equivalent of five times around our planet, visiting many countries and becoming, at heart - internationalists. We have found that one of the most comprehensive sites on the Web, dealing with most aspects of travel is INFOSEEK where you can ask what you will. We would like to share with you some of our travel adventures. From time to time, we shall refer to THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY whose magazine is one of the most informative in terms of geographic travel. When it comes to receiving World News of the countries we have visited, CNN INTERACTIVE offers one of the most comprehensive resources. Just click on and try it out. Many of our travel experiences can be viewed in the postcards seen here and are shared with you in our autobiography so, while here, at least read the Introduction to our book highlighted below:-
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CARING FOR LEPROSY SUFFERERS AND THE DISABLED
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