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Telling Bhagwan we have come.
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The sound of bangles in the kitchen.
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Upvas: a day of less.
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Dad's brother.
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Boxes of mithai for the neighbours.
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The first grain of rice.
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Once more, the first sound.
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Satya.
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The plant with its own lamp.
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Chalk, colour and a doorstep.
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Freedom, and a hard year, told carefully.
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Stories on cloth.
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Make-up that takes four hours.
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Wooden toys that shine.
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Built again and again.
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