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Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodi365.com\/singledout\/the-story-behind-the-founding-of-jodi365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Story Behind The Founding Of Jodi365<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember being in fifth grade in Chennai (then Madras) and having an English teacher try to pry a story\u2019s main point out of my class.\u00a0 Evidently, we 10-year-olds didn\u2019t see the story the same way she did, because she had to give out the punchline: \u201cEveryone likes to be praised.\u201d If she were to 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