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Carignano

This is the place Nanda come to live in solitude.

Hamam

This is what Ram Lal lights for Raka’s bath and also where the two of them sit and talk.

Moon

This is the meaning of Raka’s name, though Nanda says she is nothing like it.

Broken Umbrella

This is the only thing Ila Das has to shoo away the schoolboys who are mocking her.

Buddha Sculpture

This is the object in Nanda’s home which she says is the only thing she has left from her father’s things.

The Burnt Cottage

Raka becomes fascinated with this after Ram Lal and Nanda tell her stories of the woman who had lived there before who had gone mad.

Hoopoe Birds

These have built a nest outside Nanda’s quiet home, with squawking nestlings that annoy her.

Lillies

These are part of a song Tara sings...

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