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Give reasons :
Oberon and Titania fight for the custody of the Indian boy because - Titania wants ______________________.
Solution
Oberon and Titania fight for the custody of the Indian boy because - Titania wants to raise the boy because his mother had been a devotee of Titania and died during childbirth, obligated Titania to raise the child as her own.
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