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Excerpt THE KUMBH MELA: A City with an Expiration Date
The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival held every twelve years, is an extreme example of a religious congregation that generates a temporary settlement. Approximately five million people gather for fifty-five days, with an additional flux of ten to twenty million
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Excerpt – In Search Of The Pitcher Of Nector
I turned my face from the window towards the compartment. Everyone was asleep. I was as if the sentry of the night. Suddenly, I noticed that two skeleton-like hands were trying to peel off an orange with some difficulty. What I