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The beautiful shops with large windows
displayed sequined saris, shiny scarves,
refrigerators, televisions and all sorts of
other box-shaped things that Biju had
never seen before.
A television in a shop was turned on. Biju
recognized Amitabh Bachchan, the
famous actor whose hairstyle was copied
by all the older boys in his village. Next to
that shop was a stall where skewered
tandoori chickens like little shrunken
people hung from a wire. They looked a
sorry sight but they smelled good.
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