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-Ravi Varma spends time in Baroda. He is invited to attend the investiture ceremony of Sayaji, who is finally getting his rightful powers as a king.
+[[Ravi Varma spends time in Baroda]]. He is invited to attend the investiture ceremony of Sayaji, who is finally getting his rightful powers as a king.
 T Madhava Rao is Dewan at the Baroda court.
 As state guest of Baroda, Ravi Varma paints prolifically. He gets an order of five Puranic and religious pictures, including Nala and Damayanti.

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 His kaka then grandly said
-Water has memory, Dwarkabai. That is how this medicine works, by remembering poisons that were once given to this water. I dilute the water endlessly after giving it poison, but it does not forget... and with a memory of that poison, it enters your body, smells out the places where it sees the same poison, and demolishes it.
+Water has memory, Dwarkabai. I give a water poison,and then keep diluting it, till the poison seems to be gone. Then I put these sugar pellets into the water, and carrying it
 Dwarkabai:
-You are making it sound like Abhimanyu, bhau!
+You are making it sound mysterious like Abhimanyu's Chakravyuh, bhau!
 Mandakini:
-Did Baba recover?
+Did Baba become alright?
-Sarasvati bai:
+Sarasvati bai nods her head:
-Yes he did.. ( looking at Mahadev).. but he was not sure, was he going to recover anyway- or was it that the waters had actually got a memory?
+He did.. ( looking at Mahadev).. but he was not sure, was he going to recover anyway- or was it that the waters had actually got a memory?
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+[[Image:Sore-throat-drawing.png]]  '''''Cadbury's Cocoa Absolutely Pure''''' ''Cadbury's Cocoa is especially rich in flesh forming and strength maintaining principles.Cadbury's Cocoa is delicious, nutritious, digestible, comforting..suitable for all seasons of the year''
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 T Madhava Rao is Dewan at the Baroda court.
 As state guest of Baroda, Ravi Varma paints prolifically. He gets an order of five Puranic and religious pictures, including Nala and Damayanti.
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 Sarasvati:
-It is raining in Bombay and the streets are full of black flowers running here and there in dhotis and pants and sarees. The water bounces off the petals, runs down them, onto the ground. Sometimes a flowerhead moves and you see a face stuck like lump in the plant's throat. But most of the time, the rain is hard, and no one's face is seen.
+It is raining in Bombay and the streets are full of large black flowers moving briskly on dhotis and pants and sarees. The water bounces off those thick petals, runs down them onto the ground. Sometimes a flowerhead moves and you see a face stuck like a lump in a plant's throat. But most of the time, the rain is hard, and no one's face is seen.
 Dhundhi falls ill that monsoon, his face is pink with a cold that will not go, his nose is red, his eyes are always watering and his head is so hot, you'd think someone had tried to cook him. His mother gives him all manner of medicine, but to no avail.
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 Sarasvati:
-He was most delighted when Dhundhi fell ill. That evening, when Dhundhi got up, sneezing and coughing, he saw that his Kaka was standing over his head. Small white pellets were being bounced about in a small transparent glass tube.
+He was most delighted when Dhundhi fell ill. That evening, when Dhundhi got up, sneezing and coughing, he saw that his Kaka was standing over his head. Small white pellets were being bounced about in a  transparent glass tube.
 Dhundi shook his head.
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 His kaka then grandly said
-Water has memory, Dwarkabai. That is how this medicine works, by remembering poisons that were once given to this water. I dilute the water endlessly after giving it poison, but it does not forget... and with a memory of that poison, it enters your body, smells out the places were it sees the same poison, and demolishes it.
+Water has memory, Dwarkabai. That is how this medicine works, by remembering poisons that were once given to this water. I dilute the water endlessly after giving it poison, but it does not forget... and with a memory of that poison, it enters your body, smells out the places where it sees the same poison, and demolishes it.
 Dwarkabai:

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 Sarasvati:
-It is raining in Bombay and the streets are full of black flowers running here and there in dhotis and pants and sarees. The water bounces off the petals, runs down them, onto the ground. Sometimes a flower parts and you see a human face, but most of the time, the rain is hard, and no one's face is seen.
+It is raining in Bombay and the streets are full of black flowers running here and there in dhotis and pants and sarees. The water bounces off the petals, runs down them, onto the ground. Sometimes a flowerhead moves and you see a face stuck like lump in the plant's throat. But most of the time, the rain is hard, and no one's face is seen.
 Dhundhi falls ill that monsoon, his face is pink with a cold that will not go, his nose is red, his eyes are always watering and his head is so hot, you'd think someone had tried to cook him. His mother gives him all manner of medicine, but to no avail.

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 Sarasvati:
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 Sarasvati:
-He was most delighted when Dhundhi fell ill. Dhundhi had been down with fever and coughing for days, and the vaidya's medicine was just not working. One evening, when he got up, he saw that his kaka was standing over his head, dangling this big bottle shaking a bunch of small pills it it. "Here" said Kaka's voice, somewhere over his head " Swallow this"
+He was most delighted when Dhundhi fell ill. That evening, when Dhundhi got up, sneezing and coughing, he saw that his Kaka was standing over his head. Small white pellets were being bounced about in a small transparent glass tube.
 Dhundi shook his head.
 His worried mother who was standing behind said" Dhundi, do as Kaka says, this medicine cannot harm you"
-Dhundhi looked at her, but she did not look very sure about what she was saying.
+Dhundhi looked at her, she looked doubtful herself.
 He shook his head again.
-Dhundhi Kaka made a funny noise at the back of his throat
+Kaka made a funny noise at the back of his throat, which meant, " Just listen to me!"
 (Neelkanth is giggling.)
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 Sarasvati Bai:
-" Come on Dhundhi!" came this sound.
+" Just listen to me!"
-and so Dhundi swallowed it. And it was sweet.
+Dwarkabai:
-His uncle said" You know Dwarkabai, water has a memory. That is the principle of this medicine. It is made of a water that is mixed in a poison and then diluted again and again, till nothing remains of the poison, technically speaking. But just as Abhimanyu remembers everything from his mother's womb, this water also remembers. And with the memory of that poison, it knows exactly how to attack the poison in Dhundi's body
+You are making it sound like Abhimanyu, bhau!
 Mahadev:
 Abhimanyu got stuck in the chakravyuh, trying to remember, he did not actually remember everything. Then he died.
 Mandakini:
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 Ravi Varma spends time in Baroda. He is invited to attend the investiture ceremony of Sayaji, who is finally getting his rightful powers as a king.
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 As state guest of Baroda, Ravi Varma paints prolifically. He gets an order of five Puranic and religious pictures, including Nala and Damayanti.
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 Annasaheb is eating jamuns backstage, on his Ayurvedic doctor's advice, when some young boys from the troupe come in to worriedly confer with him.
-He listens as they report what the old man has said, and as he listens, he eats up larger quantities of the fruit. The boys report later that when he laughed carelessly at the end of their complaint, they saw that legendary mouth open into a foul looking purple cave.
+He listens as they report how he is being criticised by the purists, for mixing the time of the ragas, for letting them being sung in such short forms, for making men sing in such high female voices. As he listens, he eats up larger quantities of the fruit. The boys report later that when he laughed carelessly at the end of their complaint, they saw that legendary mouth open into a foul looking purple cave.
 His hand just waves the critic away in a sweep and he turns to his faithful barber " Sing that song again, re!"

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 Dhundhi Kaka made a funny noise at the back of his throat
-Neelkanth is giggling.
+(Neelkanth is giggling.)
 Neelkanth:
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 and so Dhundi swallowed it. And it was sweet.
-His uncle said" You know Laxmibai, water has a memory. That is the principle of this medicine. It is made of a water that is mixed in a poison and then diluted again and again, till nothing remains of the poison, technically speaking. But just as Abhimanyu remembers everything from his mother's womb, this water also remembers. And with the memory of that poison, it knows exactly how to attack the poison in Dhundi's body
+His uncle said" You know Dwarkabai, water has a memory. That is the principle of this medicine. It is made of a water that is mixed in a poison and then diluted again and again, till nothing remains of the poison, technically speaking. But just as Abhimanyu remembers everything from his mother's womb, this water also remembers. And with the memory of that poison, it knows exactly how to attack the poison in Dhundi's body
 Prabhakar;
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 As state guest of Baroda, Ravi Varma paints prolifically. He gets an order of five Puranic and religious pictures, including Nala and Damayanti.
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 Subhadra was a character from Arjun Subhadra, which told the story of how Krishna enabled his sister to marry her choice of lover, Arjuna, and not the mean eyed Duryodhana who was eyeing her.
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 Subhadra was played by fifteen year old Ganesh, fair skinned, light eyed, plump armed.
-The character Subhadra is a princess,  well off enough to have a play composed on her, and as though in a  respectful and humble understanding of why she is one stage, the character is given all manners of jewels to please the watching eyes. And she sorrows, how she sorrows! in a high sad pitch,  holding out her arms from time to time in a gesture beseeching fate to heed her pleas and not get her married to Duryodhana.
+The character Subhadra is a princess,  well off enough to have a play composed on her, and as though in a  respectful and humble understanding of why she is one stage, the actor is given all manners of jewels to please the watching eyes. And she sorrows, warapped in those sparkling jewels, it is a fine sorrow! In a high sad pitch,  holding out her arms from time to time, beseeching fate to heed her pleas.
 The audience starts clapping spontaneously as her saree clad voice nimbly runs up a ladder into the skies.

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 "Why would you want to isolate a part of the performance and repeat it like that- like it is something- something- mechanical"
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 Indian 'art' music, classical music, is meant to be  particular about when it is sung. A particular raga at a particular time.

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	[[Image:Sore-throat-drawing.png]] '''''Cadbury's COcoa Absolutely Pure''''' ''Cadbury's Cocoa is especially rich in flesh forming and strength maintaining principles.Cadbury's Cocoa is delicious, nutritious, digestible, comforting..suitable for all seasons of the year''		[[Image:Sore-throat-drawing.png]] '''''Cadbury's COcoa Absolutely Pure''''' ''Cadbury's Cocoa is especially rich in flesh forming and strength maintaining principles.Cadbury's Cocoa is delicious, nutritious, digestible, comforting..suitable for all seasons of the year''

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−	~~Phalke is not sure he wants to have this strange medicine.~~
−	~~Dialogue between Phalke and the Uncle about homeopathy.~~
−	His uncle tells him that water has a memory, this water that he is coating the sugar pills with, has been given the same poison that is attacking Dhundi's body. The water has been diluted again and again, till almost all trace of the poison is gone, and when it enters Dhundi's body, it will fight the body's poison with its own memory of that poison.
−	~~"Like Abhimanyu's memory, from the liquid womb", his uncle exclaims~~
−	~~Dhundi makes a wry face and thinks to himself " We know what happened to Abhimanyu"~~
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−	~~But strangely, he is soon cured of his illness. He cannot decide whether the illness just ran its natural course, or whether the pensive waters actually fought a war on his behalf.~~

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-Phalke's Uncle went to work in the railways every day, and came back to his private practice of homeopathy. One corner of the front room in Dadar had shelves full of glass bottles with small sugar balls, and various liquid poisons.
+Sarasvati:
-Dhundiraj falls ill that summer, with something like a water poisoning.
+Mandakini:
-He is unable to attend school. One morning he wakes up from a night of knotted dreams to see white pills being shaken by his bedside in a glass container with water.
 [[Image:Sore-throat-drawing.png]]  '''''Cadbury's COcoa Absolutely Pure''''' ''Cadbury's Cocoa is especially rich in flesh forming and strength maintaining principles.Cadbury's Cocoa is delicious, nutritious, digestible, comforting..suitable for all seasons of the year''