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At 104, Chennai’s Ratni Bai Chordia remains the centre of a 149-member family

From hosting Congress leaders at home when she was younger, to playing now pallankuzhi for hours, 104-year-old Ratni Bai Chordia of Mylapore continues to live with discipline and quiet authority

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At 104, Chennai’s Ratni Bai Chordia remains the centre of a 149-member familyFrom hosting Congress leaders at home when she was younger, to playing now pallankuzhi for hours, 104-year-old Ratni Bai Chordia of Mylapore continues to live with discipline and quiet authority
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