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When the Gypsies Settle

When the Gypsies Settle

Meeting the Narikuravar of Tamil Nadu

CULTURE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, INDIAYamuna FlahertyApril 12, 2018narikuravar, india, tamil nadu, portraiture, dalit, marginal, community, charity, letsbuildawell, gypsy, gypsies, poverty, family, family portraits, house, borewell, slow travel, slow living, dalit people, dalits south india, dalit india, low caste india, untouchables, untouchables of india, untouchable caste Comment

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While sitting at Mt Abu's foot drinking ‘nimbu pani’ (lemonade), this beautiful woman approached me. In her hands, she held a basket to collect alms with a picture I immediately recognized because I am carrying the same one of Sri Khodiya

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I have not looked for riches,⁣
fame nor reputation.⁣
I have not acquired degrees,⁣
property nor children.⁣
I have only been a servant ⁣
to this lustful heart of mine;⁣
falling like an afternoon shadow ⁣
for anyone who conjures the ⁣
poetry in my so

When it is your time, will you say you have truly lived? ஃ

I just wanted to say hi from the middle of my immensely life-changing, heart-stretching, character-building, soul-aligning process over here. Don’t ask.

In the midst of it all, my best book idea ever sprung from my womb as if I’d been ge

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