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But the sheer horizontal and vertical reach of the progressive mindset in newsrooms, the entrenched nature of their ideological skew, will militate against a successful resetting of their compass.

The group believes that India was weakened by centuries of invasion and domination, first by Muslim rulers and then by British imperialists, and must rely on its ancient Hindu culture as a compass.

They also introduce subjects and significant themes — family, friendship, moral compass — that reappear in her nonfiction and novels.

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Roske’s call to turn herself in, the judge added, “speaks volumes about her internal moral compass and her innate understanding that what she was about to do was terribly wrong.”

It’s an extraordinary tool—camera, compass, communicator, encyclopedia, studio, lifeline.

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