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54 ◆ On the next full moon night,
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56 ◆ closed his eyes again. That
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58 ◆ “Who came?” The audience
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60 ◆ I t was dawn. Dorothy Brown,
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62 ◆ Dorothy was silent. The well
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64 ◆ “I have also bought Govern
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66 ◆ William asked a second time:
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68 ◆ Such were the times. People
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70 ◆ A middle-aged hunchback push
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72 ◆ the ceiling. Ratnadhar recog
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74 ◆ A couple of sepoys hustled h
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76 ◆ Dawn was just beginning to w
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78 ◆ skulls of men sacrificed bef
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80 ◆ It had been raining since mo
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82 ◆ Who can say, what will happe
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84 ◆ priest, to touch her. If the
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86 ◆ of shlokas. Manobhaba, the M
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88 ◆ A little further, they came
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90 ◆ Shambhu said gravely, “No,
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92 ◆ Manomohan’s family rose we
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94 ◆ with the mountain of matted
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96 ◆ Bidhibala’s father shot ba
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98 ◆ Goroimari busy with repairs.
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100 ◆ was a follower of the godde
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102 ◆ Bidhibala was jolted out of
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104 ◆ how it had lost its way in
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106 ◆ is it written that one cann
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108 ◆ Students from the Sanskrit
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110 ◆ brother’s classmate came
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112 ◆ also take on the mantle of
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114 ◆ He leaned over and whispere
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116 ◆ Ratnadhar walked up determi
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118 ◆ Countless names and address
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120 ◆ Zealous followers of the Mo
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122 ◆ his skin was fair, it was m
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124 ◆ Bidhibala, huddled in a cor
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126 ◆ stopped eating. Maybe the j
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128 ◆ eyes were dazzled. The foot
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130 ◆ satiated for a hundred year
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132 ◆ The full moon rippled on th
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134 ◆ The girl stared at her vaca
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136 ◆ Like every other day, the w
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138 ◆ goddesses: Kamakhya, Mahade
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140 ◆ eyes were bloodshot. His lo
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142 ◆ Ratnadhar ran up to fetch a
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144 ◆ clashing cymbals. The jatad
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146 ◆ committee, they were happy
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148 ◆ Geeta. He had said, “You
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150 ◆ are planning to drag all th
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152 ◆ Mother’s footsteps. The s
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154 ◆ altar, taking deep pulls at
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156 ◆ “Who is that in the boat?
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158 ◆ The month-long Manasa puja
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160 ◆ They wore garlands of flowe
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162 ◆ No, the jatadhari had not c
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164 ◆ attendants. He told them to
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166 ◆ King Rudrasingha’s body l
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168 ◆ A hermit from Gaur was sing
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170 ◆ and droplets of sweat. Occa
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172 ◆ there are for sacrifice. We
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174 ◆ What will he do? Firmly hol
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176 ◆ Who killed Dorothy Brown? T
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178 ◆ the foliage, looking for em
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180 ◆ Meanwhile, the sun was sett
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182 ◆ An awning had been erected
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184 ◆ An agonized call tore from
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186 ◆ The chief priest raised his
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BIO NOTES Indira Goswami, also know
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NEW RELEASES SEEKING THE BELOVED Su
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NEW RELEASES REMEMBERING AMMA by Th
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AFTERWORD Amritjyoti Mahanta Situat
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in the temple. In a television inte
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hurt anybody’s sentiment.” Ther
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sacrifice. But the colonial adminis