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Najma Heptullah walked into the lobby of the Imperial Hotel at Delhi and looked around her wonderingly.


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</p><p class='TableClas'>Najma Heptullah walked into the lobby of the Imperial Hotel at Delhi and looked around her wonderingly. &#34But this never used to look like this,&#34 she exclaimed. </P>
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</p><p class='TableClas'>Heptullah&#39;s surprise was hardly surprising. The last time Heptullah visited the Imperial was to attend the wedding reception of a young prince 

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P>Najma Heptullah walked into the lobby of the Imperial Hotel at Delhi and looked around her wonderingly.

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