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10 Facts about Jhumpa Lahiri
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  1. Her first Novel book was called “The Namesake”

  2. She is a daughter of a Bengali Indian Immigrant

  3. She earned a master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Boston University.

  4. Fiction author who was awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize

  5. When she was 2, her family migrated to United States

  6. Lahiri’s husband was a journalist at one time

  7. Her father was a university librarian

  8. She has two children named Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias, and Octavio Vourvoulias

  9. She was appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities by Barack Obama.

  10. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Boston University

10 Facts about India 

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1. In the flag wheel represent the Ashoka Chakra at Sarnath.

2. National song is called "Vande Mataram"

3. National animal is Tiger

4. Mango is the national fruit of India. Described as the "Food of the Gods"

5. National flower is Lotus botanically 

6. Saka calender is the national calender of India

7. Capital city of India is New Delhi

8. Hindi, English are official language in India 

9.Population in India is about 12.52billion

10. More than 100 million years ago India was once an Island

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Facts About Haiti....

1. Nearly 79% of Haiti’s people live in rural areas

2. Only about 40% of school-aged children attend school regularly.

3. Haiti has 14 airports, of which only four have paved runways

4. Haiti has been ranked as one of the five most corrupt countries.

5.Haiti’s highest peak is the Pic la Selle at 8,793 feet 

6. Haiti is the most mountainous nation in the Caribbean

7. Haiti is the most mountainous nation in the Caribbean

8. From 1804-1915, more than 70 dictators ruled Haiti

9. Over 40% of the population is under 14 years old.

10.Only 53% of Haitians can read and write

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