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  First published in India in 2018 by

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  Copyright © Karan Thapar 2018

  Photos courtesy of the author

  P-ISBN: 978-93-5277-984-0

  Epub Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 978-93-5277-985-7

  The views and opinions expressed in this book are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publishers are not in any way liable for the same.

  The ‘Sunday Sentiments’ columns on pp. 149-154. 166-167, 169-171, 172-175 and 195-197 have been reproduced with permission from the Hindustan Times.

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