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The man with a pen and purpose

ཟླ་༣ 28, 2009 5 mins read

A critic once told a Kuensel reporter, a caustic lilt of sarcasm tripping off his tongue, “One of the first things you learn in Kuensel is how to read in between the lines.”

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