Its roof was covered with state-of-the-art solar panels, and if you stood on the wraparound terrace and peered in through the tinted-glass windows, the first thing you’d see was a mass of high-tech electronics—monitors, Wi-Fi antennas, and routers—surrounded by pizza boxes, fast-food bags, and di...
At the far end loomed the Temple of Kali, nestled into a distant green hillside. On both sides perched a jumble of houses and open-air shops, where women and children in brightly colored clothes worked in silence—except for the loud chatter of monkeys and tropical birdcalls. Most of the buildings...