Harish, Isha, Jatin, Kavita, Lalit, Meera and Nikhil are seated in a row at a Diwali puja, all facing north. Meera sits at the right end. Exactly four people sit between Lalit and Meera. Isha sits immediately to the left of Lalit. Harish sits second to the left of Meera, and Jatin sits immediately to the right of Harish. Nikhil is not a neighbour of Harish. Who sits exactly in the middle of the row?

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Kavita. Left to right: Isha, Lalit, Nikhil, Kavita, Harish, Jatin, Meera (Meera in seat 7, Lalit four seats away in seat 2, Isha in seat 1, Harish in seat 5, Jatin in seat 6; of seats 3 and 4, Nikhil cannot be next to Harish, so Nikhil 3, Kavita 4). The middle (4th) seat belongs to Kavita.

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