Word: vigyan
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...Delhi, a stately capital even under normal circumstances, sparkled for the occasion. Signposts and road markers had been freshly whitewashed, silken banners fluttered along the main thoroughfares, and garlands of spring flowers and marigolds hung from the brick walls leading to the international conference center of Vigyan Bhavan. The elaborate preparations signaled the arrival of delegates from 101 countries, including 60 national leaders ranging from Argentina's President Reynaldo Bignone to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. They had come to India for the first summit meeting since 1979 of nations belonging to the nonaligned movement...
...Westerners to practice their serenity on. A hotel shortage forced many of them to share their rooms with one or more strangers and to scatter about the city in embassies and dubious hostels, from which it was often a laborious journey by arthritic jitney to the sleekly modern Vigyan Bhavan (Hall of Science), built for the UNESCO conference...
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