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A new start.
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A procession with a horse and a band.
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The first sound a baby hears.
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Words that carry you.
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The banyan, the peepal, the neem.
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Both, all the way through.
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A greeting with a god in it.
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Why Hanuman cannot be hurt by wind, water or fire.
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Ganesha and the MoonA laugh, a lesson, and a moon that learned some manners.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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A folk tale of one small diya.
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Something fresh, given first.
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Ashirwad: what a hand on your head means.
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Telling Bhagwan we have come.
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The sound of bangles in the kitchen.
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Krishna, Lakshmi, Arjun, Sita.
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Dad's brother.
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Boxes of mithai for the neighbours.
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And why the bride's sisters hide the groom's.
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The first grain of rice.
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Once more, the first sound.
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The plant with its own lamp.
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Nairobi, Kampala, Dar: a third home.
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Chalk, colour and a doorstep.
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The first mornings in Gokul.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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A thread of cloth on Krishna's finger.
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The rishis' gentle curse.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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Twenty-one modaks, one very full belly.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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Naivedya: the plate goes to the shrine before the table.
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A whole street of relatives.
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Pradakshina around the shrine.
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The colour of a beginning.
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A name chosen with love.
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Three generations, one kitchen.
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The night Lakshmi visits.
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Jaimala: choosing each other.
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Kheer on a silver spoon.
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Peace, three times.
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The tree the Buddha sat under.
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Little India and everywhere else.
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The colour of the sky and the sea.
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Reading while flying backwards.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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The kalash, and why water is always there.
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Pranam: making yourself small for a moment.
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Long, loose and cool.
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Sabudana, singhara, fruit: food for a fasting day.
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The open door.
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The whole story in one night.
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