Scan of my 1980s article in The Star, with my illustrations
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‘101 uses for a chaddar’ – my article in The Star, 1980s
Posted on May 7, 2011 by beenasarwar
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Very funny! Enjoyed it.
You were funnier back then :).
Or maybe the times were different.
It is kind of fun reading works from when writers are still discovering their “wings”.
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