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Students sign a 500-feet (152 metres) long paper on Teacher's Day to spread literacy in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
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Students sign a 500-feet (152 metres) long paper on Teacher's Day to spread literacy in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
REUTERS/Amit Dave
