Academically, I am from a science background. Dates, years and odd names of emperors were never my cup of tea. Still, some interesting stories stayed etched in my memory, one of which was of King Porus, telling the victorious Emperor Alexander, that he (Alexander), should treat him (Porus), as one king treats another.

Therefore, when the opportunity to visit Greece presented itself, along with the blue domes of Santorini, I wanted to see the ancient land, and traces of its great civilisation, from which Alexander came to our country. I also found that Greece was the cradle of Western civilisation and the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles and the Olympic games, which further stren

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