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" One of my favourite activities is eating. "
Waris Ahluwalia
Eating
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" I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban. "
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" I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that. "
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