India

India, officially the Republic of India (Bharat Ganrajya),is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[d] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Links To Peel
Peel was a fan of Indian classical music and would often play that type of music especially artists such as Ravi Shankar on his show in the late 60's on his Perfumed Garden show on Radio London and BBC Radio One. He also played music that originated from India including Bhangra. Peel had an ambition to visit India especially the Taj Mahal, as one of his travel wish lists and achieved this ambition when he visited the country in March 2002 with his wife Sheila. During their time in India, they visited Delhi, Rajasthan and Agra, where the Taj Mahal is located. After travelling in India, they went on to New Zealand.

On his show from 09 April 2002, Peel mentioned that the holiday trip to India with his wife was the first in many years:


 * The first holiday that the Pig and I have had, the first proper holiday, although you could argue that our entire lives are a holiday, in many years.

Also on his show from 17 April 2002, Peel mentioned during his time travelling in Rajasthan, he and his wife would sing 'Turning Japanese' by the Vapours, although at that time he couldn't remember who it was by. Peel bought an LP from Musafir called the the Gypsies of Rajasthan, while he was in India and played a track from the album on his show.