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Travel: Edinburgh Diary

LAST PAGE Edinburgh Diary Brexit does not seem to have affected the tourist inflow and Edinburgh is close to being uncomfortably full. SHEILA KUMAR PHOTOGRAPH BY KASHIF MASOOD Fringing the fest The atmosphere on the Royal Mile is electric. It’s the eve of the 69th edition of the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, one of the…

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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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