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The Big Read

Top 100 books chosen by viewers (re-edited and remastered from the BBC site) The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Copy this , Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety, italicize … Continue reading

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Midnight’s Children

At the stroke of 12 midnight, August 15, 1947, a nation was born. As Nehru was proudly, and with appropriate solemnity of course, was announcing the birth of the nation in New Delhi, two children were born at the same … Continue reading

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