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Sydney Opera House turns 50: How the architect of ‘the people's house’ never saw his creation
The modern world, before Danish architect Jørn Oberg Utzon, had little known such geometric temerity in structural design as the Sydney Opera House, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The late Utzon never visited Australia nor saw his completed masterpiece in person.
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World Tourism Day 2023: How I made Santiniketan my home, now a UNESCO World Heritage site
Giving up city life for rural living. On World Tourism Day, September 27, and days after receiving the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag, here's how Santiniketan changed this Bengali man's relationship with Rabindranath Tagore, from rebelling against the 'Rabindrik' overkill to embracing it and building his own house in Tagore's abode of peace.
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No adventure like a Himalayan adventure: Wrong turns on Kheerganga trek, bears and demonetisation
Amid deep gorges and spectacular peaks, from Goecha La to Kheerganga, Sandakphu to Chaukhamba, there's a whole world to explore on foot, albeit on rigorous, tortuous climbs.
