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  • Learning Integrity from a Puchkawala

    I was walking along the streets of Kolkata one day, when I saw about fifty people crowding around a street vendor.

    “What’s going on?” I asked a kid who had just made his way out of the crowd.

    “The Puchkawala uncle is giving free coupons. One plate each.”

    The kid showed me a paper-plate that he had folded into his shirt pocket. On the paper-plate were two lines, written in Bangla:

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    September 1, 2017
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