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Radio 4 Extra,1 min

1 001 children born with miraculous talents

Midnight's Children

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Every child born in India during the first hour of it's partition on the 15th August 1947 was bestowed with a very special talent. Saleem Sinai, born at the stroke of midnight and one of two children given the greatest powers of all, was able to communicate with each and every one of them.

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