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Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Open Door

I can hear footsteps clanging behind me; getting ominously louder and the panic inside me builds, ready to explode. I stand paralyzed staring at the wall in front of me. There is an ornate gate on one side, an iron crossbar shaped coat of arms on a massive wooden door in front and a humble …

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Posted byneerja2014March 5, 2015March 10, 2015Posted inblogging101Tags: blogging101, Friendship, point-of-viewLeave a comment on The Open Door

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“An evocative, well-imagined portrayal of late-colonial India through one family’s eyes.”— Kirkus Reviews “Raman has an eye for historical detail, like Kishan’s assessment of a train car (“clean symmetrical lines, padded leather seats, side panels adorned with windows…the coach, designed and built by the American Car & Foundry Company…”), and a solid grasp of the […]

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