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A Longtime Climber Remembers His Years in Nepali Prison

He went with a world-class team to climb the uncharted west face of Makalu. Then he got a five-year sentence. ....

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Alexandria, once an intellectual beacon

Alexandria, once an intellectual beacon
1 Apr, 2021 03:14 AM
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Modern Alexandria, Egypt. Photo / Getty Images
By Fred Frederikse
Millisphere: a discrete region inhabited by roughly one thousandth of the world population.
Alexandria (5.2 million) was founded more than two millennia ago by Alexander the Great when he had a causeway built to Pharos Island, creating two harbours where the Nile Delta meets the Mediterranean. Famous for its lighthouse and library it became a centre for learning and the exchange of ideas - where classical Greece met animist Africa.
Alexandrian geographers mapped the then-known world, observed that it was round and correctly estimated its diameter. Alexandria was where the Bible was translated from Hebrew into Greek and where Euclid wrote his treatise on geometry. Indian sadhus mixed with Jews and Greeks in the bazaar and trade goods from Africa, Asia and Europe changed hands. ....

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How Delhi has been written over the years in novels and in stories (and essays)

How Delhi has been written over the years in novels and in stories (and essays)
The pandemic may have silenced the urban legends of the capital for a year, but there is enough and more in literature to look back on.
Connaught Place, Delhi, before the pandemic.
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PRAKASH SINGH / AFP
All great cities have great stories. New York, Cairo, Istanbul, Moscow, Shanghai among others, all have their grand, capacious histories, replete with triumphs, setbacks and even the odd comic interlude. Delhi has its glorious chronicles too, but they compete with those of New Delhi and more recently of all the Newer Delhis in the making. ....

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