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Travel: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Orange jalebis in the winter air   Bhopal. Of course, the point is: can one get past the unseen but very-much-felt Carbide shroud, that heinous, diaphanous, brown-stained winding sheet? Then again, it’s not as if Indra Sinha’s Animal confronts the visitor at every turn in the road; it’s not as if the city has forgotten…

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Travel: Bhojeshwar Temple, Madhya Pradesh

Jai, Jai Shivshankar Even as the ASI begins work on the landmark Bhojeshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh, Sheila Kumar pays tribute to an unfinished dream     When I read about the ASI starting renovation work on the Bhojeshwar Shiva temple  in Madhya Pradesh, I couldn’t help but recall a visit to the magnificent shrine some…

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