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As the world eagerly awaits the final instalment in the wildly popular Harry Potter series,a top Indian magician says he plans to open a school of magic for those under the boy wizard's spell."Harry Potter has made magic popular in the world.A magic school will be able to attract many people,"Pradip Chandra Sorcar, the 61-year-old illusionist who once seemed to make the Taj Mahal disappear,told AFP.The school will be located in the eastern city of Kolkata,the capital of West Bengal state."I am working on a comprehensive course on Indian magic to be divided into two parts.I am in talks with the state-run Rabindra Bharati university to introduce the course at the post-graduate level," he said."If the talks breaks down,I will start my own university of magic art."Sorcar has wowed generations of Indians with his illusions, which he says are based in 2,000 years of knowledge which has been passed down through the generations by word of mouth,either from father to son or teacher to students.Sorcar himself comes from a family of magicians and is assisted on stage by his wife and three daughters."Indian magic is a misunderstood art.People think it's a rabbit out of a hat.I want to prove that wrong," he said."It will be a great thing if that art is taught in schools and universities."Sorcar said his next trick would involve the world-famous Dal Lake in the scenic Himalayan region of Kashmir but declined to give further details.Magic shows once were an important form of entertainment in India,but have increasingly lost their popularity to television shows and the Internet.
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