How did a dry, rocky region become one of the grandest cities of the medieval world, in a time of climate change? The foresight, funding and tech it took to build Hampi hold lessons for today.

What Marlow has created is an environment that’s as cool as the summer midday Palm Springs sun is hot; that is, extremely.

Standing on a table that transforms his posture to the statuesque, his presentation of his physicality almost reminds one of ...