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Pride, tamed.
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A minute of stillness before the day begins.
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A very Indian kind of caring.
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Bringing the light to your eyes.
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Leaves, paste, cone, art.
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Round and golden, like a good day.
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A very old family name.
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Sticks, rhythm and Krishna.
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Vidaai: happy and sad together.
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Many names for one light.
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Courage under her.
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A mark, not a stain.
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Faces we love, on the wall.
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Meet the pujari.
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Rice, milk and patience.
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Yes.
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A village, a city, a ship, a plane.
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The hour he was born.
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The engagement.
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A prayer to the light.
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Both answers, handled carefully.
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The great eagle.
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She speaks three other languages.
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A plant that gets a lamp of its own.
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Bathing, dressing and feeding the murti.
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Til for Sankranti, gujiya for Holi, modak for Ganesha.
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A map with two hearts on it.
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Jhula for a baby god.
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Yellow hands, yellow faces.
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Forty lines that make you brave.
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The you that does not change.
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Shiva's bull, waiting at the door.
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Sunday mornings with Nani.
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One home, many rooms.
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Jaggery meets chilli.
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Airports, aunties, mangoes.
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A promise on the wrist.
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The night everyone dances.
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The prayer that closes the day.
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What Is a Guru?Someone who shows you where to look.
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The first rain.
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Eighteen hours of love.
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A form we can see, for someone we cannot.
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The gentlest plate in the house.
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Both at once.
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