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The closing ceremony of the India-Pakistan Wagah border, which occurs every day two hours before sunset.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND aberration: departure from what is normal. genocide: systematic killing of the members of a particular political, racial, or ethnic group. indigenous: native to a region or country. nationalistic: relating to devotion to a nation and national identity. subcontinent: here, the region in South Asia occupied now by Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

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WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURES