An Assam Family's Rescue of an Orphaned Civet Became an NCERT Class 10 Lesson
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In 2009, a two-week-old Asian palm civet orphaned in Nagaon district, Assam was rescued and raised by a local family alongside their six-month-old child; 17 years later, the story was published in the NCERT Class 10 English curriculum, reaching millions of students across India.
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