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first time during her vacations, that too after coaxing her father, Dev, to the best of her abilities. She and her brother, Sam, had, in their imagination, spun the village right out of a fairytale, replete with streams, lakes, and grasslands that would allow them to run free. But all they find are dusty alleys, dried-up ponds, and hostile playmates until they spin their magic and befriend an unknown place, especially some of its people, like the
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witch whom everyone seems to be terrified of, and a no-access zone beyond the hills intrigue Shreya, more so after housemaid Shabri tells her various mysterious stories about the village. Then, one night, Shreya sees Shabri and her husband
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