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Where In India

We asked you to name this village of twins. The unusual twin population is not only limited to humans but animals too.

A tough one, we admit. The correct answer is Mohammadpur Umri, a small village located near Allahabad.

2019 Bedtime for kids: put down your smartphone, read a book with them

2039: Take off your VR headset, read a tablet 2059: Deactivate your neural interface system, put on your VR glasses

2079: Emerge briefly from the singularity, spend some time in a four dimensional universe. Ketan Joshi, Climate, clean tech and science communicator

Today we are proud to launch our five-year India strategy, ‘Engaging with India 20202024’, highlighting cooperation in health, water, law, cultural arts and postgraduate teaching and learning.

University of Melbourne

A Note On Independence Day

PAWAN LUTHRA wrote about the freedom of citizens in independent India.

Krish Na wrote: Well written, Pawan. Freedom comes at a cost, but looks like there’s been a lot of inflation!

BN Sudarshan wrote: The editorial in the Indian Link August (1) issue sends a good message. You noted: "In the recent past, the ability to engage in active debate on a number of subjects has become stifled." Salutes to the bold observations you continue to make.

Caption Contest

What’s the chitchat here between Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan?

Farzana Nisha wrote: Alia: I’m not doing another movie with you until next year… Varun: Radha on the runway, Radha likes to fly, Radha likes to argue, move that desi body.

Rachna Gupta wrote: Alia: Main khoj rahee hun ke kisko

Rishi Singh wrote: Varun to Alia: Tere ko har jagah Ranbir nahi dikhega.

Bhupinder Smyra Aggarwal and Kadambari Mishra wrote: Tera dhyan kidhar hai, yeh tera hero idhar hai, palat

Amita Gill wrote: Varun: Alia, you look elegant in your Simar Dugal outfit.

Arix Bishnoi wrote: Plane mera videshi par swag mera desi!

Bhaswati Banerjee wrote: Varun: Alia, do you like Formula 1?

Alia: No I hate maths.

Arix Bishnoi wrote: Aaja meri gaadi main baith ja!

Mamta Sharma wrote: Yeh kahan aa gaye hum, yuhi sath sath chalte

Anurag Singh wrote: Varun: Raksha bandhan pe kya kar rahi ho, didi?

INSTA-HAPPY

Send us a photo or Instagram one of Indian Link in your daily life using the hashtag #indianlink. We’ll pick one to feature in this column.

Sandeep Pandit wrote: That beautiful moment in life, when you’re the reason for the smile on Mum’s face! Thank you #indianlink and Suruchi Sehgal for giving me this moment.

WHO WORE IT BETTER?

84% Kareena Kapoor

Where In Oz

We asked you to name this giant hedge maze.

Neha Rajpal and Gayathri Arulraj correctly identified it as Amaze’n Margaret River, WA

Times have changed. It used to be American parents scolding their kids like “Don’t throw away food, Billy; there are starving kids in India.” Now Indian parents are like “Don’t throw away your BMWs; there are kids in America driving Kia Sorrentos.”

Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show

Welcome news for the #WarOnWaste. Professor Veena Sahajwalla and team awarded $3.3 million to continue transforming Australia’s waste and resource recovery industry.

UNSW Science

16% Michelle Williams

It’s such a wonderful university. Please use this opportunity, girls. Lots of luck to all of you.

Shah Rukh Khan, on La Trobe Uni’s announcement that submissions to the Shah Rukh Khan scholarship will close on 30 Aug 2019