Neighbours meet in foreign climes
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In the first half of 1968, as a member of a team of Indian engineers and architects, I was undergoing advanced training in low-cost housing in the Bouwcentrum in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Rotterdam has one of the biggest harbours in the world and is a major tourist attraction. There is the tall tower called Euromast which houses at its top the control room of the harbour. Around the tower is a beautiful park.
On a holiday forenoon, when I was taking a walk in the park, I noticed a young man of nearly my age coming in the opposite direction. His appearance suggested that he was from the Indian subcontinent. But as I was a little homesick and lost in thought, I did not pay much attention to him. We crossed each other and I walked along. ....