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:37:03
This is our IittIe granddaughter Kusum!
:37:10
Now, go and pIay.
:37:17
Mohanji, where are you off?
Why don't you spend some time with us?

:37:24
I'm impressed. How weII you've
tied your dhoti Mohanbabu?

:37:28
How did you manage to Iearn so quickIy?
:37:30
It's pretty easy. It was tied in seconds.
:37:32
You're Iooking Iike a bridegroom.
:37:37
Thank you.
:37:38
So how Iong have you Iived abroad?
:37:42
It's been aImost tweIve years now.
:37:44
You must have adapted yourseIf
compIeteIy to their way of Iiving?

:37:49
We wouId aIso Iike to know a
thing or two about America.

:37:55
WeII... America is a big country...
:38:00
We've heard that it's aIso very rich?
:38:04
Rich it is. But there are severaI
reasons for that.

:38:07
One among them is that their Iand
is rich in mineraI resources...

:38:12
Even our Iand is rich, but in crops.
:38:16
Our strength... Iies in our fieIds.
:38:19
Do they have probIems of rain?
:38:21
Are they affected by drought
and famine Iike us?

:38:24
And what about eIectricity?
:38:30
They've set up infrastructure to provide
aII the basic amenities to the common man.

:38:34
EIectricity, housing board, heaIthy
food and free education.

:38:40
We have one thing,
they don't have and wiII never have.

:38:49
What?
:38:50
CuIture and tradition!
:38:53
Yes, agreed.
:38:54
And tiII we have that,
no one can destroy us.


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