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			<title>In Kerala, Rehabilitated Killer Nurtures Mentally Challenged</title>
			<description>Please click on this link:&amp;nbsp;http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/in-kerala-a-reformed-murderer-nurtures-mentally-challenged/</description>
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			<title>Selvel and his mother</title>
			<description>It is in a hotel room near the bus terminus in Cochin that the police officer beginshitting Selvel's mother. First, it is a slap, which is followed by a punch to thestomach. She is lying on the narrow bed, her eyes tightly shut, and shakes her head from side to side. &quot;Please let my son go,&quot; she says..</description>
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			<title>When do I begin?</title>
			<description>A short story </description>
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			<title>A friend loses his mind</title>
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			<title>An Indian fan of John Updike</title>
			<description>On the morning of January 28, 2009, when I went to the gate of my house at Kochi to collect the milk and the newspapers, my eyes accidentally fell on a news item, 'John&amp;nbsp;Updike&amp;nbsp;dead,' and my heart stopped beating. Suddenly I could no longer inhale the cool fresh air or feel the slight chill..</description>
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			<title>The twists and turns of life</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;By Shevlin Sebastian Anup Gupta's wife died of complications from an intestinal operation. At thattime, the Guptas had two girls, Jasmine, 13, and Sangeeta, 10. Jasmine, a strong and forceful girl, showed talent in public speaking, actingand writing. She won inter-school deba..</description>
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			<title>&quot;John Updike is a quintessentially American writer&quot; </title>
			<description>The Kochi Reading Group meets every six weeks to discuss a work of fiction or poetry</description>
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			<title>'Writing cannot be taught'</title>
			<description>Author Jayshree Mishra talks about the do's and dont's of writing to students of St. Teresa's College in Cochin, India</description>
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			<title>VIRGIN TERRITORY </title>
			<description>By Shevlin Sebastian&amp;nbsp;When Isee her for the first time in the large hall of the National Library in Calcutta, my heart thudsagainst my rib cage. She is wearing a pink chiffon saree worn very low aroundthe waist exposing her smooth creamy midriff and bellybutton. She flips through..</description>
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			<title>&amp;lsquo;Indian Muslims live peacefully with people of other religions&amp;rsquo;</title>
			<description>German Professor of Comparative Religions Dr. Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt talks about the attractions and defects of various faiths
 
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			<title>The myriad colours of Alice Walker</title>
			<description>The distinguished author of &amp;lsquo;The Colour Purple&amp;rsquo;, on a brief visit to India, spoke about female genital mutilation, racism, the ill-treatment of children, her unconditional love for President Barack Ob</description>
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