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    "annotation": "<p><span>When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: &ldquo;Can&rsquo;t we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.&rdquo; His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi&rsquo;s entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but upon arriving, they are dismayed to find that restoration of the once sophisiticated hotel has stalled, and that such amenities as water and electricity are . . . infrequent. But what their new life lacks in luxury, they come to find, it&rsquo;s plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, and unexpected love.</span></p>",
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