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Script: Sonali Kaur
Illustration: Meer Aamir Khan
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c h i ld h ood d id n’t s to p h im f r ed k in g c a m e t o
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H e was crit yed’, but he
bein g ‘one - e am on e e y ed,
bel i e v ed, “ I I can see pe o ple
t he r e f or e , c r imi n ati o n.”
wi t hout di s
Apr 2018
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