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and team performed ‘Kalyana Sougandhikam’ with lecture demonstration much to the joy of the students who enjoyed the slight taunts made by the dancers.</p><p class="" style="outline:0px;margin-top:0px"><font color="#3b3a39" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/political-will-necessary-to-form-language-policy/article7831767.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/political-will-necessary-to-form-language-policy/article7831767.ece</a></span></font><br></p></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.  A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well.  (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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