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Padma Perera

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2 picks · 1964–1974

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In the southern plains of India, in a large house gleaming white between the trees, Mina was playing in the cool garden. Mina was the daughter of a Hindu …

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The writer traces the degeneration of the Kirits of Madra. India, a family she knew during herchildhood. Mr. Kirit's rise in Madras had been …