Dehradun, Dec. 1 -- Richa & I when we were a lot younger

Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Till July 1911, one of the seven manmade wonders of the world, Machu Picchu, was not known to the outside world. That changed when American archaeologist, explorer and Yale University lecturer, Hiram Bingham made his way to Peru in his quest to find the lost cities of the Incas, around 4 centuries after they were raided by the Spanish conquerors of the 'New World' (i.e. the yet undiscovered world of North & South America). As some may know, the dismantling of the Incan Empire of Peru in South America was led by Francisco Pizarro of Spain, who was in search of vast gold treasures that were held by the mighty Incans.

And so, in search...