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प्रश्न
Do you think this is a good land to settle in? Why?
उत्तर
The laws of Andher Nagari are unreasonable and unfair; thus, it is undoubtedly not a nice place to settle down. The basic sense of belonging to a society is absent from the people there. The King and everyone who lives there adhere to strange laws and twisted reasoning.
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