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Editorial from Thinakaran (a weekly newsletter published from Srilanka) introducing Project Madurai. It is in TSCII font format. Our sincere thanks go to Dr. Kannan of Keil, Germany for contacting Thinakaran. This article has been slightly modified from the version that appeared in the newspaper.


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