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The urge to be close to nature guided Madeleine Slade, who came to be known as Mira Behn, throughout her life

It's a paradox that while the government is busy opening up the telecom sector to multinational companies, technocrat Sam Pitroda, perhaps the most well known name in the telecom sector, sits in isolation in his office. Pitroda, known familiarly in rural

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