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Atithi Devo Bhava?

Humiliating an African national for not knowing Hindi, exposes Indians to similar abuse abroad  During the Mughal era, the British era, and now the Indian era, Delhi has been blessedly spared ‘sons of ...
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Neither have any of the politicians and media commentators who abuse the anti-genocide demonstrators uttered one word of condemnation of Israel for the murder of tens of thousands of children.