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Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast

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Book cover for பூனாச்சி அல்லது ஒரு வெள்ளாட்டின் கதை [Poonachi Allathu Oru Vellatin Kathai]

பூனாச்சி அல்லது ஒரு வெள்ளாட்டின் கதை [Poonachi Allathu Oru Vellatin Kathai] by Perumal Murugan

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எதிரியைக்கூட வந்தால் கை குவித்து வரவேற்க வேண்டும். செல்வத்தைக் கொண்டுவரும் மழையைத் திட்டி அடித்து விரட்டினால் அது இன்னொரு முறை வருமா?

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