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JAIPUR, India — A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. Sometimes that step leaves a little something on your shoe.
Vijender Shekhawat's big break came while visiting a shrine near the Amber Fort in Jaipur, as he glanced down at the pile of elephant dung he had just failed to avoid. A struggling maker of handmade paper, he noticed that the texture of the manure was a lot like wood pulp.
It figures; the huge beasts eat plants.
Eureka! he thought: pachyderm-poop paper.
His family thought something else: that he was stark-raving mad. Shekhawat, 29, came from a storied warrior caste of bejeweled rulers and decorated generals. Sure, the lineage had slipped a bit, but what would the neighbors think?
"We came from a dynasty that used to sit on thrones," said his mother, Kaushalya Kanwar. "All we could think was, 'How far have we fallen?' "
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Smurf asks: I have 600 thread count, 100% cotton satin sheets. Can I put them into the dryer without the risk of them shrinking. I spent $80 on them, and they are incredibly comfy. I would hate to have them shrink and not fit my bed.
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