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Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan
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The Sword - Ponni's Beloved Volume 3: An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan
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The Crown (Ponni's Beloved, #4)
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The Perfect Groom
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Love, Again
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If u are a lover of historical fiction this is a very enthralling read. I highly recommend it. The movie is no where near the beauty of this book. " |
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Attempting to answer a few questions - 1) I think Adithya Karikalan killed himself. That's where nandini was egging him on as well. 2) Mandaki ...more " |
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“With the first line of Mehendi, she forgot her troubles and delved into the beautiful world of checkered patterns and intricate lines.”
― Love, Again
― Love, Again
“I thought that there is yet hope for someone who was caught in the river’s whirlpool, but none exists for those who are trapped in the vortex of a beautiful woman’s eyes.”
― Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan
― Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan
“The mist wishes to have the sun but what does the sun do - it burns so fiercely that the mist disappears.”
― Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan
― Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.”
― My Family and Other Animals
― My Family and Other Animals

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