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These Dreams…

19 November, 2008 by Amit Varma

This is quite the headline of the day:

Dhoni’s dream of owning 9mm pistol coming true

I especially like the bit in the story that explains that “Dhoni need not produce a ‘character certificate’ as he is a famous cricketer and hails from Ranchi.”

Now, if he was a famous cricketer from anywhere but Ranchi…

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Amit Varma is a writer and podcaster based in Mumbai. He has been a journalist since 2001, and won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism in 2007 and 2015. He writes the blog India Uncut and hosts the weekly podcast, The Seen and the Unseen.

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