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One for each step.
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The baby shower, Indian style.
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Songs for Bhagwan.
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Peace inside and out.
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Bringing the lamp in.
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A name on every breath.
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The sound before all sounds.
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Never arrive with empty hands.
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New clothes, new year, new start.
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The abhishek and the cow.
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And why that is fine.
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Diwali means a full house.
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The mehndi night.
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The sixth night.
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A hundred voices, one song.
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I see the light in you.
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And how to tell them.
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Pradakshina: keeping the shrine on your right.
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Before an exam, a journey, a wedding.
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Light offered to every part of the murti.
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Patterns that take all night.
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And why that is fine too.
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Shraddha and the people before us.
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The lamp in the middle of the circle.
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Because it is a wedding.
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A year of you.
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Call and answer.
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Atman.
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A house for Bhagwan.
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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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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 engagement.
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A prayer to the light.
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Both answers, handled carefully.
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