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Did you know that India's first digital computer was imported for ₹10 lakh all the way back in 1954?	Often cited as the remotest place on Earth, how is Easter Island linked to India?
How does India provide order to the US Senate?	Which 1988 hit single and winner of three Grammy awards was inspired by this Indian spiritual guru?
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Absence of Satan

A fundamental sanity in Indian civilization has been due to an absence of Satan.

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Had I not been a classical singer

Had I not been a classical singer, I would have loved to spend my entire life in a garage fine-tuning a Fiat or a Maruti.

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M.S. Subbulakshmi, when singing, comes closer to God

Subbulakshmi, when singing, comes closer to God and the same happens to those who listen to her.

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The Thai and Javanese Ayodhyas

(Phra Nakhon Si) Ayutthaya in Thailand and Yogyakarta in Indonesia are both cities said to have been named after ancient Ayodhya.

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Lusophony Games

Just as India participates in the (British) Commonwealth Games, it also participates in the Portuguese equivalent, The Lusophony Games (Jogos da Lusofonia).

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Mount Semeru in Java

Mount Semeru, a volcanic mountain in East Java, Indonesia, is named after Mount Sumeru (or simply Meru) from Hindu mythology. Meru is said to be at the centre of the cosmos.

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The Kichidi Kedgeree

The British breakfast dish of Kedgeree, which consists of rice, smoked haddock, eggs, parsley, and butter or cream, is said to have been adapted from the Indian Kichidi.

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Quentin Tarantino, Kamal Haasan, and Kill Bill

Quentin Tarantino informed Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap that the animated sequence in Kill Bill was inspired by an "Indian serial killer film which showed violence as animated". The only candidate that fits this bill is Kamal Haasan's Aalavandhan (Abhay in Hindi).

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Gymkhana

The word gymkhana is derived from the Hindi gend-khana (ball-house), but altered due to its association with and influence of the word, gymnasium.