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Hidden Library is a fun blog project started by two university colleagues, Thumula Basura Suraweera & Esana Komudie. With this blogger project, we mainly focused about to talk hidden gems, and creations which are Banned in the past because of various matters like political matters and others.

99% of banned creations are recognized as great creations from the beginning of history. Our main goal is to empower knowledge of peoples why these creations are banned at history and what is the true story behind that.

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We hope this project will help readers who are interested in Movies, Books, Arts, Music, and every kind of creation.
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