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Red

This color appears many times throughout the novel either in the form of blood or the color of floors and food.

Sweat

This bodily function is discussed in several instances throughout Burnt Sugar particularly in relation to Antara's body, but also something her husband does profusely at night.

Sugar

Antara first removes this food from her mother's diet to improve her memory, then reincorporates it when she wants her to forget something.

Memory

This is something that proves to be unreliable throughout the novel and is something that Tara is losing.

Mirrors

Dilip and Antara's apartment is filled with these, which he saw as a selling point, but they make Tara uncomfortable.

Pregnancy

This is something Antara is unsure she wants to experience, but then thinks of it as a way to ensure her husband will never leave her.

Cloud

This is what the drawing the doctor...

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