Rupee, paisa, anna, taka, dhela – a veritable hoard amassed by her over the years. For as long as I can remember, this coin collection has lived discreetly inside a blue velvet pouch. A plastic sheet has been spread over the mattress and her elusive coin collection, unseen by me but talked about frequently by my father, has been toppled onto the sheet. I return home from work to find my paternal grandmother, my dadi, hunched over the bed, sifting through a pile of metal. The past has been surfacing frequently and unexpectedly these days. Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan oppose same-sex marriage.‘Your English in Marathi accent is so sexy’: The popular video trend continues with a new version.Watch: All-woman Indian group’s routine mixing dance and acrobatics is a hit on Britain’s Got Talent.‘Freedom to publish hasn’t been under such threat in the West until recently’: Author Salman Rushdie.

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