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Winters can get very lonely in Scandinavia, especially for older women. Some come to India, warmer climes, for a companion, a young Indian man, who is more than eager to experience sexual bliss.
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THE GHOST OF NICHOLAS ROERICH
Perhaps a room is not a mere witness. It has memory.
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FREE HUNTING GROUNDS FOR
DARLING AUNTIES
Winters can get very lonely in Scandinavia, especially for older women. Some come to India, warmer climes, for a companion, a young Indian man, who is more than eager to experience sexual bliss.
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A CENTARIAN WHO RAN MARATHONS
The 113-year-old Dharam Pal Gudha is a veteran marathon runner
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A POOR MAN’S TAJ MAHAL
A retired postmaster, Saidul Hasan Qadri, build a Taj Mahal, like Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, to celebrate the memory of his beloved.
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THE OLDEST NAUTCH GIRL
Rakhi would now be well in her 70s, and that makes her, perhaps, the oldest nautch girl not just in Meerut, but also the whole country. I shot her some ten years ago.
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LIFE OF A TRUCKER: JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION
Truckers lead an interesting life. It's race against time, and the motion gives their life a certain dynamic stability.
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER MAKE FORMIDABLE TRAVEL PARTNERS
Deepa Gopinath is a single parent to the Bharatnatyam dancer of repute Sheyasi. Mother-daughter forms a formidable duo, are a great travel partner–transversed the world together. I wish them many more journeys together.
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