Do you think the following scenario sounds alarming? A group of 80 explicitly peaceful people walking 400 km to the sea to pick up some salt on the beach. You probably come to the same conclusion as the British Viceroy in India: “It does not keep me awake at night.”, said Lord Irwin in 1930. …
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Nilgiri Mountain Railway
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway in the jungle of Southern India has the steepest slope of any railway in Asia. What is the reason that a railway line was built through such difficult terrain? As the name suggests, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway connects Mettupalayam on the plains of southern India with Ooty (or Udhagamandalam) in the …