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This was India, made for her amusement. Even the sun invited her to pour out her gladness, to soak up its immense generous heat and sweat out her salty thanks. Even the beggars pranced with hope.

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We passed football-fields and playing-grounds, and heard from open factory windows the magnified cheerfulness of "Music While You Work".

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