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It happened at the Prime Minister's residence last week where he hosted an Iftar party. Though considerable time had lapsed and many prominent personalities had turned up, one notable absentee was Congress President Sonia Gandhi. As some media persons wondered loudly about her absence, one Mr Know-all announced that she was not well and would not be coming. Hardly had he uttered the sentence when Sonia Gandhi turned up and walked into the waiting crowd. Mr Know-all immediately slunk away.

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