K. Narayan, the blind Ved Mehta and the very cosmopolitan duo of Nayantara Sahgal and Anita Desai.

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The father was Ved Mitra Manglik, a towering figure famous for building dams and irrigation projects critical to the development of postcolonial India.

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The transmission, entitled Hel Ved, also features music and poetry.

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Mr Moeklebust said the production was inspired by the roaring success of a firewood book by Lars Mytting, Hel Ved - which translates as Strong Character, and is also a pun on ved - the Norwegian for firewood.

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Singapore, another major market, is restricting purchases to 28 appro ved farms in neighboring Johor state. (Although the death of a Singapore abattoir worker roused concern, the Lion City has since declared itself free of the virus.) Domestic sales of pork have dropped by 70%, as have prices.

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