A photograph of an indoor room with cream walls and wooden doors. In the foreground, a woman with short grey hair in a white sweater with grey panels stands beside a colourful floral floor cloth. Two women in dark jackets and a man in a dark jacket stand near a white table laden with a basket of apples, a red cloth, a framed picture and a laptop. Stacks of papers sit on a desk at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an indoor room with cream walls and wooden doors. In the foreground, a woman with short grey hair in a white sweater with grey panels stands beside a colourful floral floor cloth. Two women in dark jackets and a man in a dark jacket stand near a white table laden with a basket of apples, a red cloth, a framed picture and a laptop. Stacks of papers sit on a desk at left.

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