These days, fiercely independent-minded Tamil politics make the place much more lively and alert at election time, but less heated than, say, the cities of Caletta, Mumbai, or the Punjab.
Tamil is not as exciting as politics in Mumbai.
Tamil is a more exciting  place than Mumbai.
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Mr Carter held up his hand and declared "as soon as you came into the room, I knew"
Robert Adam was well-known in England among the rich.
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