China battles devastating quake

More than 18,000 buried by quake in China town

As Mianyang bears the brunt, the death toll from the most devastating quake in three decades stands at 12,000.

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We can watch ganda Bollywood jhatkas en famille. But goris doing hip-flips at the altar of the national religion, cricket, and Hastinapur, we have a problem, writes Renuka Narayanan.
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