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Why is the culture of punishment as spectacle so pervasive in India?
Arun Kumar
· Nov 05, 2021 · 09:00 am
Over 100 countries have banned corporal punishment in schools – but not the US and Australia
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· Sep 22, 2017 · 12:59 pm
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