You may aspire to winning a Nobel Prize. But you may have to be satisfied with an Ig-Nobel Prize.
And there is at least one person who won an Ig-Nobel Prize before getting a Nobel Prize a decade later:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Geim
especially this bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Geim#Ig_Nobel
Similarly, if you cannot reach Singapore during the lockdown you can go to:
This place in Odisha was once listed as Singapore Road. Later it became Singapuram Road before settling on its present name.
If you cannot reach Kuala Lumpur, there is
This is in the hills of southern Assam.
If you want to visit the capital of New Zealand, there is
in the Nilgiris. Both are named after the same person.
Riga is the capital of Latvia in Europe. For this we have one in Bihar:
This Riga was of some interest to steam enthusiasts, as you can see above.
If you wish to venture further to Dundee in Scotland, there is
near Jabalpur in MP.
Not sure if you really want to go to Accra, the capital of Ghana. For that, we have this place near Kolkata:
A smaller country in Africa is called Guinea-Bissau. For that we have Bissau in Rajasthan:
However, you have to draw the line somewhere. If you are going to Jakarta and you are sent to this place instead, you should not accept it.
This is in one of the more remote parts of Uttarakhand, where the Special Frontier Force roams. Even the elite troops of the Mukti Bahini trained here in 1971.
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