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Understanding the little shrine in the corner.
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Why a bell is rung during puja.
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Smoke that rises, a room that changes.
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Something fresh, given first.
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Naivedya: the plate goes to the shrine before the table.
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The kalash, and why water is always there.
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A quiet start, every single day.
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Thank-you before the first bite.
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Anjali: two hands, one heart.
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The sound before all sounds.
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Pradakshina: keeping the shrine on your right.
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A minute of stillness before the day begins.
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Faces we love, on the wall.
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A plant that gets a lamp of its own.
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An ancient sign of good fortune, and how it is different from its misuse in twentieth-century Europe.
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