- Page 1: ABSTRACT Title of Thesis: Monsoon c
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- Page 7 and 8: SUMMERS IN AGAAS All I knew was I h
- Page 9 and 10: water - only its coolness cascading
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- Page 13 and 14: We ran out together, beyond the ice
- Page 15 and 16: At Agaas, the train chugged in only
- Page 17 and 18: forgotten my Mom? I peeked outside,
- Page 19 and 20: prasad (actually mohanthal) which h
- Page 21 and 22: We sat under the sun, looking at a
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- Page 25 and 26: IRISH COFFEE “Keep the front rack
- Page 27 and 28: “But you said that customers alwa
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- Page 31 and 32: Rohan joined us the day after Holi,
- Page 33 and 34: are all the Anime DVDs and game CDs
- Page 35 and 36: “I would warn you against spraine
- Page 37 and 38: and mothers‐in‐law and called g
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- Page 41 and 42: The next day I did something, I had
- Page 43 and 44: dog‐eared pages. All I had to do
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- Page 47 and 48: After the play, we moved outside to
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advanced application of Calculus. W
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“Tarkala. How far is it form here
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“I am Megha,” she said wonderin
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the far corner of the room and twil
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only one I have right now. I will n
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Megha waved her hand. “No, no you
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on the brown walls. “Bén, you wi
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He wakes up slowly, carefully, so a
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He walks into the bathroom, stoppin
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engagement, Smita ben had become qu
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the models step out reinvigorated,
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filigreed, breezy black party saree
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loves to open and close, close and
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fair, slim, homely, convent educate
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continues watching the TV and then
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Bhaveshbhai steps out of the buildi
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large oil cauldron. Bhaveshbhai ste
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some pigeons flutter away and land
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occasions. Preetiben splits the tal
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thousands in the earlier generation
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Today, she had awakened earlier tha
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(Mr. Mehta: did you begin breakfast
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eat on time, she would sleep on tim
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the loose binding; she picked up th
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comfortable way to live, but always
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wouldn’t ever admit it, not even
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the wooden lattice door (that Mr. M
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Kapur, ought to be respected. After
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on the windowsill before her neighb
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yours?” Nishant is the one who ha
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Wooden tables. Waiters in uniformed
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Then he drinks a glass of water, wa
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AmanK: Okay, I will wait for it the
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set the alarm, and spread the comfo
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He goes on to explain to me the phi
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Since tomorrow is a Sunday, Kapil a
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“Was the airline food edible?”
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“60 miles,” I say, eager to sho
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slowly over every specimen on displ
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Outside, the whole scene looks diff
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shoot straight at Varun. Barely abl
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It’s a video test I’m not happy
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ROOMATES Three Indian girls decorat
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is curd rice as if the smell of the
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FLAME OF THE FOREST Shobha thought
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it. But that means I can never step
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gave the directions to him with tre
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at her, on his watch, again on her
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knowing where she’s going.” Her
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“Hello?” “Shobha, Shilpa here
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wavy. Imagine this and then sing.
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“Yes, but after the monsoons are
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Dear Shilpa, Your phonecall changed
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themes on which they would compose