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India:

Raj found Marathi Language Day frustrating. There were no room for him to make a grand, dancing entrance when the only competitions were essay-related. The fact that these essay competitions were for students, was irrelevant in his eyes.

He wanted to dance, to have the world see him dance. Though he would settle for his country, or just a part of it.

He picked up his copy of "Kana" and read a few lines before he suddenly snapped up.

Of course! It was so obvious! Why hadn't he seen it before?

He could just sing a song in Marathi when opening the event, he was hosting!

International:

Matthew, Canada, had wanted to celebrate International Polar Bear Day, but Alfred, USA, had suggested that they observed Anosmia Awareness Day instead.

-Because you see, Matty, people treat anosmia as a joke. When it's serious! Very serious! Without the sense of smell, you can't detect rotten food, fire, gas and it causes all sorts of unpleasantries. Like depression, loss of libido, and such!

At the best of times, when Alfred's arguments were, for lack of a better word, stupid, Matthew had problems arguing against him.

So, it followed, that when the issue was something serious, and he'd some decent arguments, Matthew bended to Alfred's will.


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