Traversing northeastern India, on foot

The World

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells host Marco Werman about his walk through India’s northeastern region, where he traced the steps of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha. He also regales us with tales of a brickyard, where laborers make building blocks for 21st-century India, and a village where people make everything out of bamboo.

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