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So Pala will have to be changed-is that your conclusion?" Mr. Bahu nodded. "Radically." "Root and branch," said the Rani with a prophet's sadistic gusto. "And for two cogent reasons," Mr. Bahu went on. "First, because it simply isn't possible for Pala to go on being different from the rest of the world. And second, because it isn't right that it should be different." "Not right for people to be free and happy?" (...) "Not right," he insisted. "Flaunting your blessedness in the face of so much misery - its sheer hubris, its a deliberate affront to the rest of humanity. Its even a kind of affront to God.
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