A Diamond in the Desert: Behind the Scenes in Abu Dhabi, the World’s Richest City Arabia in the 1960s – still a land of desert, nomadic tribes, falcons and gazelles. And Abu Dhabi, perched on the Gulf Coast, was a poor fishing community. Barely forty years on, it is the richest city on earth, with major stakes in Western economies. And if the extraordinarily ambitious plans for the capital of the United Arab Emirates succeed, its future impact will be global. Jo Tatchell’s family arrived in Abu Dhabi in 1974 when there were only a few thousand inhabitants. She left as a young adult in the nineties, choosing personal freedom over a life of comfort and ease. But in recent years, as Abu Dhabi has become ever more significant on the world…. Read more

by bennylin0724 Article by Neha Gupta Rajasthan is one of the largest states area-wise in the country. It covers the great Indian Thar Desert with Sutlej-Indus River flowing parallel along its border with Pakistan. It is also one of the most alive, vibrant and colorful states in the country. Rajasthan, on the whole is a great place to be in which is full of art, culture and traditions. One can easily see its glorious past and the way in which the royal dynasty devoted their lives. The depiction is in the rich heritage comprising of various forts, palaces and other ancient architectural properties. One can see it in the way of other forms of art that are from this region alone. The soothing and the most melodious folk music is a…. Read more

Product DescriptionThe author of Tracks provides a fascinating account of a year spent in northwest India with a wandering tribe called the Rabari, whose traditional migratory route has largely disappeared because of new political boundaries, atomic test sites, and irrigation. 25,000 first printing.Amazon.com ReviewAs Robyn Davidson writes in Desert Places, the Thar, a 230,000-square-mile expanse of formidably dry country in northwestern India, is a harsh land of “granite outcroppings, naked but for a few gullies of monsoon forest or a single, white-painted elephant stationed on a summit eternally surveying the farmlands below.” Among the people who populate the Thar are the Rabari, who are quickly becoming modernized and…. Read more