Elephants amble down the main streets of New Delhi in full parade regalia. Loping camel caravans share the road with trucks taking goods to market in Uttar Pradesh. Dancing bears compete for the attention of passing motorists in Rajasthan. Cows amble through Agra’s city streets, taking the occasional nap along the concrete median. Goats, pigs and dogs root through trash in the byways of Varanasi, extracting all the edible morsels before the collectors come along to sweep the rest into their wheeled carts.
Welcome to India, where life in all its forms is all around, day and night.
On my first visit to this vast subcontinent I had time to visit just three cities in Northern India: Delhi, Agra and Varanasi – places encapsulating three eras in Indian history.
Read more of "Three cities, three eras" by Susan McKee.
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