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All that drinking and waking up with resolutions and a hangover might be good for the first of January but on Poila Boishakh, Bengalis wake up crisp and fresh, ready with their well-thumbed Gitobitan, a tattered diary scrawled with Tagore’s
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“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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― Dune
― Dune
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― The Kite Runner
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