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Push and shove

Push and shove

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Shakti Shetty
Nov 02, 2014
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If you happen to be a railway commuter, you’d be knowing how precious space is inside a train compartment. Which also explains why the term dhakka — meaning push or shove depending on where you’re standing — is as common as crowd. To be fair to the daily passengers who have accepted the harsh reality of congestion, nobody likes to have a quarrel and tha…

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