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India: Mosque caretaker a symbol of Hindu-Muslim harmony

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Hanan Zaffar | Jyoti Thakur both in Varanasi
October 11, 2023

A Hindu caretaker who has spent decades tending a mosque in India, a nation grappling with communal tensions, talks about how Hindus and Muslims live peacefully in the pilgrimage city of Varanasi on the Ganges.

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