Beware of low overhanging roofs at your main post office!!!!

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Sainath went to the Lonavala Post office and hit his head on a  on a projecting metal and tile roof,

He is 6 foot 1 inch tall.

The equivalent of Paracetamol in India is Crocin hence the black crow!

The doctor really did put his plaster in a cross shape like we show show in cartoons. I have often seen plaster applied in this way in India!





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