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Two months back, I visited Mandu, the capital of the 13th century Malwa Sultanate in what is today the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It seems like a lifetime ago, before COVID-19 had shutdown anything outside China. Now, I’m wondering when any of us will be able to travel again.