Cong shocked after defeat in Gujarat A day after the Gujarat results, a shell-shocked Congress is yet to find out what caused its crushing defeat, with the party leaderships initial assessment being that it miscalculated the political undercurrents in the state.
Christ, Santa carved on Puri beach On the eve of Christmas, well-known sand artist from Orissa, Sudarsan Patnaik created the worlds tallest sand replica of Jesus Christ on the Puri beach on Monday.
Christ, Santa ‘carved’ on Puri beach : Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik creates sand sculptures of Santa Claus and Jesus Christ
on Christmas eve at a beach in Puri, near Bhubaneshwar. Patnaik took 25 hours to create the 16 feet (5 metres) Santa and 20
feet (6 metres) Jesus sculptures . Reuters
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