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    2. MT Saju
    MT Saju
    About the AuthorMT Saju
    MT Saju is a journalist with more than two decades of experience with leading newspapers. He presently lives in Thiruvananthapuram but travels to various parts of the country to write on subjects close to his heart, mostly about suffering and neglect.
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