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Aishwarya Kapoor

Sevagram, Deekshabhoomi, and Chikhaldara: Why Vidarbha Deserves More Than a Stopover

The Train Doesn't Stop Long Enough

Nagpur sits at the geographic centre of India, which means every major rail route passes through it and almost nobody stays. The city is a junction, a pause between destinations, a place where you change platforms and check your phone. Vidarbha, the region it anchors, carries the same reputation: cotton fields, heat, agrarian debt. Not somewhere you go. Somewhere you pass through.

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