{
    "byline": "By Kavita Chowdhury",
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    "excerpt": "On September 7, when striking staff at the Eiffel Tower in Paris shut down one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world, it put a little-known sect from India, the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha or BAPS, in the global spotlight.",
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    "title": "How a Hindu Sect\u2019s Anti-women Diktat Triggered a Strike at the Eiffel Tower"
}