Eiffel Tower row over Hindu sect BAPS unites French politicians – but divides Indian diaspora

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France got a crash course on the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a Hindu sect at the heart of an Eiffel Tower strike this week. But for Indians in France who have been trying to raise awarene

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