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Mappillai An Italian son-in-law in India (Audiobook narrated by C. Pizzati)
Mappillai 5 - Embracing Mamma India in the watershed year of 2008
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Mappillai 5 - Embracing Mamma India in the watershed year of 2008

The Tangible, Smellable, Real Country vs the Imaginary Bharat

The year I first landed in India went down in meteorological text books as one of the most disastrous cyclone seasons in Indian modern history, killing 140 thousand people and causing 14 billion dollars in damages. Getting accustomed to natural disasters wiping away thousands of lives is something I would eventually develop during my first 10 years in I…

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Mappillai An Italian son-in-law in India (Audiobook narrated by C. Pizzati)
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