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Kasab's 'pyre' to burnt on Holi

By Matthew Schneeberger in Mumbai
March 11, 2009 00:00 IST
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Every year, during Holi, at this chawl in Worli, Mumbai, the residents construct a giant pyre where they burn an effigy of one who represents evil.

In the past, it's been Dr Amit Kumar of the Gurgaon kidney scandal and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. But this year, the residents have built a 45 foot high effigy of the lone 26/11 terrorist in custody, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab.

At 12 am tonight, the pyre will burn, and with it the 'evil of Kasab', or so say those who built it.

Photograph: Uttam Ghosh

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