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The death of distance. There is hardly any middle class family in India who doesn't have a son, a daughter, a son-in-law, a brother, a brother-in-law in the United States. That is a very powerful new bond.

Manmohan Singh

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Manmohan Singh
Age: 91
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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